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A Carrier of Civil unrest

Recently, one of the world leading powers is building an iconic aircraft carrier in one of its northern port. This project is to be yet another symbol of said country's self-perceived world dominance, even though the carrier faces the weird predicament of having no plane to carry upon completion.

This latest symbol will be in keeping with a long line of such symbols this country has accumulated from its imperial past, among which are its unique tea culture, its literature achievement, its influential language and characters.

Indeed, this ancient culture has a lot to be proud of: it had won both world wars and had earned a permenant seat at the united nation's security council. Furthermore, it was already the epitome of human civilization before the current superpower, the USA, was conceived as a nation.

Yet, today, the people of this once proud civilization have to bear the debt of american consumer; as a prominent economist pointed out, as a nation who purchase a large amount of US debt, "every citizen of this country has to pay 4757 Dollars for Americans' unscrupulous consumption." （最好把原话放在这里）

Although this country has been trying to style itself as a world power, many observers question its legitimacy, pointing out the fact that this nation is hardly unified; a good example of which would be different parts of said nation competing under different flags in certain sport event.

Furthermore, the real story of this nation is much less glossy than the image it is desperately trying to hold up.

Just as the aircraft carrier is being constructed, severe riots break out in major cities of the nation, threatening to destabilize the already fragile economic situation and forcing the authority to crack down on the rioters with brute force. Extreme measures including the censorship of certain social networking website were employed, denying basic human rights to its civilian.

As the Vancouver sun so succinctly summarizes, the society of this country is in "pathosis".

Such social unrest is not without cause. As a french commentator told the BBC, this country has one of the most "unequal society". As such, this leads to the nation facing constant civil unrest, and as the American publication Foreign Policy pointed out, it is merely history repeating itself.

Some state leaders had urged the nation's leadership to address its social issue, as well as restore basic respects to its citizenry. One of them even quipped, "Who would treat their own people like that?"

Is a new, shiny military icon worth the social cost to the country? For the sake of humanity, we hope the leadership of this nation do not wait to find out the hard way.