China put its first aircraft carrier into service on Tuesday (Sept. 26th, 2012) in northeastern port-Dalian, my hometown.
It is so exciting when I first saw this piece of news on facebook. One of my friends posted,” China has lauched the first aircraft carrier in Dalian, my hometown, yay! ” I am not sure what is the meaning of “aircraft carrier” at first so I looked it up in the dictionary. It has been talked for a long time that there is an aircraft carrier in Dalian however I have never seen it before. I lived in Dalian for more than 20 years since I was born. I have never left it until I came here.
Dalian is a beautiful coastal city which has long beaches and blue seas from three directions. It is a penisula. The house I was living is located beside the sea, with hills on the other side. The climate is so good, neither too hot in the summer nor too cold in the winter. Most young people in Dalian are very proud to be a Dalianer because our hometown has all the beautiful characters that appeal every one of us to be willing to live in this city.
Thinking about the aircraft carrier thing, however, when I read throught the piece of news on The New York Times, I can’t help getting angry. The piece kept teasing China’s military and navy, with a tone of unbelieving and squib. They thought China’s action is nothing but showing the “occasion to stir patriotic feelings” (as reference), and it “has an increasing number of impressive assets to deploy.”
I am not a truly patroit, which means I will show my loyalty to my home country but not in every unecessary ways. For example, I don’t want to bring a national flag with me all the time, I won’t wear a badge of the leader on my shirt, and of course I won’t break Japanese vihicles to show my attitude toward the dispute between these two countries. But, in this case I must say something about it. I know many people out of China think it useless and a waster of time launching the carrier, whereas this action is absolutely a positive power for Chinese people to hold together in mind. Recently the relation between China and Japan is so tensive that it may result in any bad outcomes at any time. So meaningless provocation is no good to solve the territorial disputes. All we need to do, I mean as citizens, is to calm down and give constructive suggestions to the government and wish things are settled down as soon as possible.
It is also insignificant to estimate the purpose why China put the aircraft carrier into service at this sensitive moment. Becaue no matter what the reason is, it is unprofitable for anyone to put this into deep consideration.
By the way, I am so happy that my hometown has seen the very first aircraft carrier being put into service. I am even prouder to be a Dalianer and Chinese at this very moment. For me, Patroitism is a feeling inside, deep.
Reference: Perlez, J. (2012, Sep 26). China launches carrier, but experts doubt its worth. New York Times, pp. 4-A.4. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1073457201?accountid=14270
Ruby Han 