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The speaker opens by saying that insinuations that Chinese people celebrate “killing lines” against the United States are misguided and that those who say so do not understand how Chinese people truly feel about confronting the United States. They insist that most Chinese people are not happy about this; rather, Chinese education teaches that the poor must have dignity and survive, and that even though the United States is an enemy, it is not treated the same as Japan, which is described as an enemy to be despised. The United States is characterized as one of the few enemies China historically respected, and even the strongest. The “United States of America” is described as a country whose soldiers—especially American soldiers—are capable of fighting to the end, unwilling to turn and run, and able to cross oceans and build empires on foreign soil. American soldiers are celebrated for their grit and capacity to work hard, to bleed and sweat, and to be industrious; Americans are praised as intelligent, civilized, and family-oriented, with a distinct political system. The speaker concedes admiration for American innovation (computers, Internet, Apple, AI, etc.) and for American achievements that have shaped modern technology and industry, while acknowledging a critical view of the American political system, yet still respecting the will of the American people to choose their governance.
The speaker then shifts to a nuanced view: the United States is both an enemy and a teacher, a former ally, a rival, and a former opponent in Korea and other contexts. They recount a long history of mutual actions—alliances and conflicts, blocking and opening, trade and sanctions, praise and insult—between the two nations. Across China’s history of unity and division, from 2000 years ago to the present, the United States has been the strongest and most formidable opponent China faced, yet also a partner at times. The current assessment is that the United States has changed: White-headed eagles no longer fight with the same vigor, American corruption and inertia have grown, and economic and moral foundations are weakening. The speaker notes that the United States no longer bleeds or toils as before; responsibility for national security and labor has shifted to criminals and elites, and ordinary Americans are no longer willing to stand up for their homeland. They describe the national collapse in terms of governance, mismanagement, and a failure to maintain national pride, with the capital misperceived and a “killing line” used to exploit patriotic sentiment, especially against those who love their country.
Against this backdrop, the speaker asserts that the American people must awaken and that China has not forgotten its past. They argue that the only way for the United States to become great again is for Americans to act courageously and for China to pursue its own revolutionary transformation: not a simple change of leadership or social media campaigns, but a true revolution that overturns the old world order and establishes a new one. The speaker envisions a strengthened, prosperous China through this revolution, while asserting that both peoples can achieve happiness—“美 利 坚 民 族” (a prosperous American nation) and a strong Chinese nation. They express faith that the American people can likewise secure their own future and that China will remain observant, waiting for the day when the American nation awakens.