Below is a book review by a famous Chinese blogger He Cai Tou. He wrote it in both Chinese and English. This is the English version:

China is unhappy
Coz authors want money
All western country are enemies
Just wanna be our daddy
All liberals are pussy
Just gonna be western country's puppets
Buy my book and pay me money
The greatest country we will be
Follow my words and follow me
The greatest country we will be
Come on! Baby!

Of course, the Chinese version is much funnier.

(Change subject for a minute. He Cai Tou is a very popular blogger in China. Recently he wrote a piece about the special program ran by Chinese government about Tibet. I will write about Tibet another time . It was very obvious he disagreed with the proganga the Chinese government launched. However, a BBC's Beijing correspondent quoted him to show how a Chinese blogger enjoyed the program. Using a correspondent who does not speak the local language is a very ineffective thing. Just like the FBI use agents who do not know anything about China to run Counter Intelligence program against China. It is not just ineffective, but could be dangerous sometimes. )

This review reflected a pretty common opinion held by many Chinese intellectuals: The authors were just using the young generation's immature anger against Western countries to make money. The authors, however, said the book was triggered by the western efforts to boycott 2008 olympics held in Beijing. The purpose of this book, they said, was to awaken Chinese liberals who have been embracing Western values.

The main ideas in the books are:
1. Why is China unhappy?
a. Western countries were behind March 14, 2008 Tibet uprising against Chinese rule. It was very obvious the western countries were united to enforce the China containment strategy.
b. Tainted milk scandal tore China's value system apart.
C. French president Nicolas Sarcozy offended China constantly. That's despicable opportunism.
D. Some Chinese elite liberals are corrupting China's core value.

What should China do:
a. China should be more ambitious to become a leader. China should play a major role in international stage.
b. China should develop its economy with sword in hand.
c. PLA (People's Liberation Army's task is to protect the government's economic benefit, not to defend the country. )
d. Economic base is not finance, but industry. Obama is going to fail miserably. The real reason of this financial crisis is American people are too lazy. They don't work hard but they want to enjoy their lives. They consume way more than they earn.
e. Realize western countries' diplomacy of opportunism. China should not attempt to repair the relationship with France.

------- to be continued.

In 1996, almost every Chinese scholars read the best seller "China Can Say No". Many readers commented that they felt that book vented their anger towards "western bullies". At that time, the western world was lifting the sanctions imposed on China in the wake of crackdown on student movement in 1989. Chinese economy was growing at an eye-popping pace. The authors felt it was time for their country to stand up to the western world and make decisions free of western influences.

The famous quote from that book said it all: " America can't lead anybody. America can only be its own leader. Japan can't lead anybody. Sometimes Japan can't be its own leader. China doesn't want to lead anybody. China only wants to be its own leader."

13 years later, the same authors felt they needed to revise their statements. Maybe China can be a leader, and maybe China does not want to just be its own leader. Maybe China can be the new America. After all, America is experiencing the worst crisis while China is still growing rapidly and continuing to buy up American debt. China's Premier Minister Wen Jiabao excluded France in his European itinerary after French President Nicolas Sarkozy met with the Tibet spiritual leader Dalai Lama.

This year, the same authors published another best seller "China is Not Happy". The book has attracted lots of debate on the nationalism promoted in the book. However, the authors contended that the nationalism they supported was different from the western definition. The nationalism in China should be called "New Patriotism". The book also faulted China's liberal elites for corrupting the country by glorifying western values.

Regardless how Chinese people reacted to this book, it is obvious that China has gained tremendous confidence through the economy growth. It also reflected the conflicts between the liberals and the nationalists.