Only in 14 days from our last issue, we are all in a different world.
As we step into the Lunar NY of the Snake from the Dragon, people would believe a change of fate could happen. As soon as Trump was inaugurated as the US president, the US started cutting tie with Paris Climate Convention, WHO, North America Free Trade Agreement….. Iseral has ceased fire with Hamas, Russia and Ukraine might no longer fight, and people are pondering whether EU would put troop on Greenland or whether China is in control of the Panama Canal as America is talking up her military intervention. Within a day, DeepSeek becomes world famous, and the world’s company with the highest market value crashed by 17%, it is unbelievable that the development of AI in China long been suppressed at it’s low technological level is now matching up with Western capital-intensive enterprises.
All seen as shocking and impossible could happen in front of our eyes in a sudden.
This is nothing new in human history.
Empires come and go. When the European barbarians took over the infallible Roman City then, people were questioning why a nation of Christians, formerly anti-Christ though, could not be protected by God. China in the Han Dynasty once dominating into the western territories was eventually occupied by foreign tribes in the north. The once civilised Song Dynasty went into slave under the Mongolian Empire. In the Western world, over a few centuries, Portugal, Spain, Holland, England, France and German took turns to build their own empires… yet all become history by now.
China, a country suffering wars and turmoils for long, in a western-amalgamated communism, has evolved as a world leader. Many Chinese migrated to Australia as part of the multicultural society. Those Cantonese speaking from Hong Kong in particular have experienced historical changes to their disbelief and their only hope would be to well integrate into the Australian society,
Many would feel speechless when they look back history. But if we could have a perspective on the world as with the One who excels all AI, creates life and controls history, we would have hope.
As the Lunar New Year begins, we wish all readers a good start with faith and hope in this ever changing world.