Ma Ying, the former head of the Taiwan government, returned to his hometown at the end of September to pay respects to his ancestors. Public opinion on the island sparked a confrontation about this trip. There are many people who return home to pay respects to their ancestors. Hsieh Chang-ting, the representative in Japan who once served as the Premier, went to the Xie Ancestral Hall on Dongshan Island in Xiamen 11 years ago to worship his ancestors. Xie’s clan welcomed him warmly, and at one point we shed tears of passion.” This is a comment from “China Times” today.
Zhang Zhongmou, founder of TSMC, talks about Chinese chips. AP pictures
Regarding hometown and family ties, today we need to look at it with a dialectical attitude. We cannot use a bundle of thinking to interpret the behavior and attitude of some “not Chinese” or “non-Chinese”, and then conclude that “we are all Chinese”. fuzzy concept. The best example before everyone today comes from Zhang Zhongmou, the founder of TSMC, who stated publicly for the first time: “The intention of the United States (the “Chip Act”) is to slow down the development of chips in mainland China.” He has no opinion on this, and even claims I support this direction myself.
Let us know more about who Zhang Zhongmou is: He was born in Zhejiang in 1931. He was displaced during the Anti-Japanese and Civil War years. He arrived in Hong Kong in 1948, went to the United States to study at Harvard University in 1949, and then transferred to MIT. Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering. The key point is Zhang Zhongmou’s “In 1972, he was promoted to the deputy general manager of the Texas Instruments Group, a major American semiconductor manufacturer. In 1983, he was transferred to General Instrument Corporation as the chief operating officer.” This achievement is rare in the United States, and then what? “In 1985, he returned to Taiwan to serve as the dean of the Industrial Technology Research Institute and concurrently as the chairman of UMC. The following year, he prepared to establish Semiconductor Electronics, a joint venture between Philips of the Netherlands and the Industrial Technology Research Institute, and served as the chairman and president.”
I understand that except for a short period of time in China, the reason why Zhang Zhongmou is today’s Zhang Zhongmou is because he grew up in the United States, studied and established a career, and then was invited by Taiwan’s high-level officials to work in the island’s high-tech construction. I’m sorry to say that Zhang Zhongmou is an “American”. If you still don’t understand this concept, let me tell you a “Qian Zhijian story” for your reference.
“I am not Chinese, I am an American scientist.” Qian Yongjian, a Nobel laureate in chemistry, said in an interview at Chinese University in 2008. “I’m not Chinese, I’m an American scientist. I don’t think a person’s blood can prove his identity!” Then, he directly refused to consider “returning to China to serve” like Qian Xuesen, a member of his family.
There is no sense of mystery in science and technology, and there is no theory of lineage. As long as the country’s strength reaches a certain level, the policy can be maintained stable, and under the cultivation of the whole country, there will be results. Japan formulated a science and technology investment plan to win the Nobel Prize in Natural Science in the golden age of economy. After 2000, it became successful and won the first prize almost every year. However, the Japanese economy shrank afterwards. In the past three years, the Japanese have lost their cable in the Nobel Prize. .
In August 2018, President Xi Jinping said at a meeting of scientific and technological personnel: “Practice has repeatedly told us that key core technologies cannot be acquired, bought, or negotiated. Only by holding key core technologies in our own hands can we benefit from Fundamentally guarantee national economic security, national defense security and other security.” He suggested that the Chinese people should have self-confidence.
What is the people of a great country? It is to have a world view, a view of China, and a view of history; those who “recognize relatives and relatives” who are still hopeful and proud of the achievements of Chinese foreigners need to keep pace with the times and broaden their horizons, otherwise they will be Chinese-style modernization. outsiders.
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