In Chinese society, people are typically born within a network of personal relationships. Rather than adhering to formal rules, which are seen as applying to outsiders, Chinese people prefer to operate through unwritten understandings among their social connections.
What would you do when facing an invincible and powerful opponent?
在面对自己不可战胜的强大对手时，你会怎么做？
There's an old Chinese saying, "Those who follow me will prosper, while those who oppose me will perish." It's unwise to defy the powerful. Most of us become submissive after experiencing injustice and having nowhere to resort to. Therefore, when facing the powerful or experiencing injustice in our later life, we often choose to downplay and avoid confrontations rather than bravely defending our rights, We can only console ourselves with the thought "settle things amicably" and "the less trouble, the better".
中国自古就有“顺我者昌，逆我者亡”的说法，强权不可忤逆。大多数人都会在经历大大小小的“社会毒打”后变得顺从。所以面对强权时，遭遇不公时我们往往不会选择“勇敢维权”，而是选择淡化回避，“息事宁人”、并且自我安慰“多一事不如少一事”。
At 71, Jimmy Lai has lived the Hong Kong dream. Born in mainland China, he fled the communists when he was 12 years old. He went from rags to riches, from a worker in a textile factory to a billionaire with a chain of fashion stores.
In 1989, when Chinese tanks massacred students in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, he got involved in politics, starting a media company in Hong Kong that isn't afraid to criticize the Chinese government.
I do not know what the destination would be, but at least I am on the way.
我不知道未來怎樣，但至少我已在路上。