四川地震北京奧運三聚氰胺神舟七號 :: that's China

While China has always made people ambivalent, seldom do we see a juxtaposition as 'dramatic' as this year's.  The Sichuan earthquake was catastrophic (especially the massive number of young victims resulting from poorly built school buildings), the Olympics was impressive, the contaminated milk is provoking, the space walk is arresting.  But with so many children at risk, where are the Olympic hopefuls and space heroes of future generations? 

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中國，向來都是這樣一幅混雜難名的圖像。

就像《少林足球》裡面所編織構想出來的那塊地方，既是令人目眩的國際大都會，也是貧窮匱乏的小農鄉鎮，兩者並存，同樣真實。故事場景雖虛構，卻指向現實中國的精神和物質面貌。【題外：絕大部份評論以為該片故事場景是上海，不確。】

面對中國，從來就不可能不百感交雜。

只是，今年的中國，

踏著豆腐渣校舍的頹垣為英雄喝彩，

踩在因腎石呻吟的嬰孩頭上漫步太空，

國慶，又似乎比百感交雜更要再雜得多。

我們十五年後的奧運英雄怎麼了？

我們三十年後的太空人又怎樣了？