Backwardness brings on beatings by others
InitiatorJoseph Stalin
OriginOn the Tasks of Economic Workers
IntroducedFebruary 4, 1931
Backwardness brings on beatings by others
Simplified Chinese落后就要挨打
Traditional Chinese落後就要挨打

Backwardness brings on beatings by others[1] (simplified Chinese: 落后就要挨打; traditional Chinese: 落後就要挨打), or the backward will be beaten up,[2] backwardness proves vulnerable to attack,[3] is a viewpoint initially put forward by Joseph Stalin in his speech On the Tasks of Economic Workers, delivered on February 4, 1931. This claim attributes China's beating to its technological backwardness.[4] It is a slogan used by the Chinese government to "guide" Chinese people to understand the modern Chinese history.[5]

Definition

"Backwardness brings on beatings by others" literally means that if you are backward, you will be beaten.[6] This phrase is mostly for countries, it implies that backward countries are naturally subject to invasion and exploitation.[7]

Evaluations

Some Chinese scholars have questioned the statement that "backwardness brings on beatings by others". Zhu Weizheng argued that the backwardness of political civilization was the fundamental reason why the late Qing China was beaten by the Western powers.[8] According to Hu Haiou, the real reason why the late Qing China was beaten was because of its backward concept.[9]

References

  1. ^ Johannes Nugroho (June 11, 2015). "Sinophobia lurks beneath the surface in Indonesia". Today.
  2. ^ "Chinese Strategic Missile Defense: Will It Happen, and What Would It Mean?". Arms Control Association. 12 November 2015.
  3. ^ Henry He (22 July 2016). Dictionary of the Political Thought of the People's Republic of China. Routledge. pp. 129–. ISBN 978-1-315-50044-7.
  4. ^ Pui-lam Law (30 March 2012). New Connectivities in China: Virtual, Actual and Local Interactions. Springer. pp. 190–. ISBN 978-94-007-3910-9.
  5. ^ "It's not true that "backwardness brings on beatings by others"". Financial Times. 2008-01-08.
  6. ^ "Opinion: China Not to Blame for US Opioid Epidemic". The News Lens. 2018-04-18.
  7. ^ F. Xu (19 September 2000). Women Migrant Workers in China's Economic Reform. Palgrave Macmillan UK. pp. 40–. ISBN 978-0-333-97809-2.
  8. ^ "The backwardness of political civilization is the cause of the beating". QQ. 2014-02-09.
  9. ^ "The real reason for being beaten is that the concept is backward". China Times. Jul 20, 2018.
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