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　　How to "Open" Modern Literary Classics

　　Borges, a famous Argentine novelist, said: "Classics are books that a nation or several nations have decided to read for a long time. They are books that people from generation to generation read with early enthusiasm and mysterious loyalty for different reasons." Since the late Qing dynasty, modern literature has only been more than a hundred years. Compared with the ancient literary classics that have been precipitated for thousands of years, the modern literary classics that have been washed out for more than a hundred years are very different.

　　Facing the classics of modern literature,

　　What should we do?

　　First of all, the simplest thing is to face the work directly. Classics are sometimes daunting, so we should have the sincerity and patience to read them. Secondly, the works will be included in the coordinates of literary history. Place the work in a broader coordinate system instead of understanding it in isolation. Third, look for gaps and prototypes. What is the gap in this work? Where is the unexpected place of the author? Can a work extract a certain prototype until it finds its own way of dialogue with the work? The so-called application method or looking for a gap prototype is an attempt to establish an understanding based on one’s own feelings about the work. Reading classics is actually a way to express ourselves, rather than reading classics as a task. It is the classics that constitute the background color of a person’s humanistic quality. Therefore, classics should eventually return to the way of dialogue between readers and works. When you use all kinds of reading methods freely, you may find your own way to talk about classics. This way belongs to you alone, and no one can take it away.

　　Rearrange the order for Chinese literature in the 20th century.

　　Lu Xun, Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Ba Jin, Lao She and Cao Yu (hereinafter referred to as "Lu, Guo, Mao, Ba, Lao and Cao") are six modern literary writers we are familiar with. Until today, our understanding of modern literature is still in the hierarchical order of literary history laid by these six writers. They occupy an important position in the territory of modern literary history. However, according to the classic view of constructivism, their classic pattern is not static.

　　The selection of "Top 100 Chinese Novels in the 20th Century" was a literary classic construction activity in the late 1990s. At that time, the 20th century was coming to an end, and Hong Kong’s Asia Weekly invited heavyweight scholars and writers to jointly select the top 100 Chinese novels in the 20th century. Personally, I attach great importance to this list, because the judges include not only mainland scholars in China, but also scholars from Hong Kong and Taiwan and overseas scholars. It provides a larger evaluation field of vision. After the selection results were released, we found that the first place was Lu Xun’s Scream, the second was Shen Congwen’s Border Town, the third was Lao She’s Camel Xiangzi, the fourth was Zhang Ailing’s Legend, the fifth was Qian Zhongshu’s Fortress Besieged, the sixth was Mao Dun’s Midnight, and the seventh was Bai Xianyong’s Taipei Man. — Liu E’s Travels of the Old Handicapped.

　　These ten classic works coincide with the modern literary classics we have known before, but they are somewhat unexpected: For example, Taipei Man, Biography of Hulan River and Travel Notes of the Old Disabled are not only on the list, but also in the top ten! This result surprised some people. Moreover, among these 100 works, there are many works by popular writers such as Zhuan Lou Zhu, Jin Yong, Gu Long, Liang Yusheng, Qiong Yao, Yi Shu and Li Bihua. "Hundreds of Excellent China Literature Books in a Hundred Years" is also a reliable classic reading bibliography. These are the 100 most important Chinese literature books in the 20th century jointly recommended by China mainland scholars and publishing institutions in the 1990s.

　　Not all masterpieces

　　Are the best works of writers.

　　Masterpieces are often the guiding choice of classic texts. Generally speaking, masterpieces are works that represent the writer’s creative level, but not all masterpieces are the best works of writers. When evaluating a work in the history of literature, the social influence of the work is a very important consideration index, but a work with social influence may not necessarily have a higher literary level.

　　For example, when we talk about new poetry, we will definitely talk about Hu Shi’s Trial Collection, because Hu Shi is the first person to write new poetry in a century, and there would be no modern new poetry without Trial Collection. However, if we take the new poems in Trial Collection as the standard of new poems, it is obviously to reduce the standard of new poems to the toddler stage. Therefore, although Hu Shi’s works are masterpieces of new poetry, they are definitely not the essence of new poetry. Another example is a mature writer like Ba Jin. His Home is indeed an excellent work, but it is not the most mature work of Ba Jin. Ba Jin’s writing can be divided into three stages: youth, middle age and old age. Young Ba Jin wrote the love trilogy Fog Rain Electricity and the torrent trilogy Home Spring Autumn. However, Ba Jin’s best works should be the trilogy of life "Cold Night", "The Fourth Ward" and "Resting Garden" written in middle age.

　　Comparing Home with Cold Night, there is no doubt that Home is more influential, because it provides a proposition of the times, showing the collapse of a big family and the tragedy of youth enlightenment. Therefore, Home has a strong social response. Ba Jin, who is in the period of youth writing, has the first emotion, but when emotion occupies the center of writing, it is an obstacle to the depth of writing. Therefore, if you read Home carefully, you will feel that there are both young people’s unique enthusiasm and youth’s unique shallowness. In the 1940s, Ba Jin’s creation entered a mature stage. Cold Night is a story about a man who is caught between his mother and his wife. But this is only the surface of the story. What the novel really wants to express is that during the war years, young people full of blood gradually lost their dreams under the torture of life. Cold Night was born at the time of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, and the whole novel was very sad. People usually think that the Anti-Japanese War has been won, the suffering has ended and a great nation has stood up. But in Cold Night, Ba Jin put forward a profound proposition: Does the victory of the Anti-Japanese War mean that all the problems in life can be solved? Ba Jin stepped into middle age from youth. Although his emotion changed from enthusiasm to condensation, it made his works more infectious and moved us more. Cold Night is also Ba Jin’s masterpiece, but compared with Home, readers are unfamiliar with it.

　　A good writer should constantly break

　　Readers’ reading expectation

　　There is an important concept in reception aesthetics called "reading expectation", which means that before we enter a literary work, we will have a general expectation for this work by virtue of our existing reading accumulation. For example, we haven’t read Lu Xun’s novels before, but from our understanding of Lu Xun, we know that Lu Xun is a great enlightener, thinker, revolutionary and a great writer. These constitute the most basic judgment for us to read Lu Xun. When Lu Xun’s works conform to this judgment, we will think that our judgment and understanding are correct. On the contrary, we will be surprised: Lu Xun actually wrote like this!

　　Formalism focuses on the artistic expression of the text and the strength of the form of the work. For example, when we look at a work, we feel that it is very old-fashioned and lacking in merit. And sometimes we will find that some works are very clever, similar to those we have read before, but different, and feel very novel. In fact, this is the so-called defamiliarization — — Our existing literary understanding is not enough to explain it, and it presents us with new challenges.

　　For example, Lu Xun’s New Stories, many of which are very playful, are not quite the same as our understanding of Lu Xun’s serious style. This constitutes the so-called defamiliarization. A good writer should constantly break the reader’s reading expectation. Therefore, great writers often don’t follow the old habits, but have multiple faces. One Hundred Years of Solitude is a great masterpiece, but Marquez has not only One Hundred Years of Solitude, but also excellent works such as Love in Cholera Period, Colonel who has no one to write to him, Old Man with Giant Wings, Dead Leaves and so on. On closer reading, you will find that the styles of these works are quite different. One Hundred Years of Solitude is the pinnacle of magical realism, while The Colonel who has no one to write to him is a solid realistic narrative, and Love in Cholera Period is called "the greatest love novel in the world". If you read Love in Cholera with the expectation of reading One Hundred Years of Solitude, you will find that it completely disappoints your expectation, which in turn gives us a brand-new reading experience. Marquez is always challenging our reading expectations. Formalism criticism focuses on whether a work breaks our expectations and provides a strange reading experience.

　　The works of women writers

　　Suitable for interpretation from feminist perspective

　　Today, men’s discrimination against women still exists and is often ignored by us. Feminism tries to embody this discrimination in the context of our ignorance. Therefore, the works of female writers are very suitable to be interpreted from a feminist perspective. For example, Zhang Ailing’s works sometimes give us an anti-feminist feeling.

　　In "Love in a Fallen City", Bai Liusu tried every means to marry Fan Liuyuan, and they tried every means and struggled. Finally, the Pacific War broke out, Hong Kong fell, overturned a city and made a love. From the standpoint of feminism, the ultimate meaning of a woman’s life is not given by a man, but what Bai Liusu wants in Love in the City is to marry Fan Liuyuan. Isn’t this an anti-feminist writing? This anti-feminist writing reflects Zhang Ailing’s irony of feminism. Zhang Ailing is actually standing in a higher feminist position. She believes that Bai Liusu’s story really falls into the so-called "feminist dilemma", that is, it seems that a woman can only achieve perfection in a certain sense if she is attached to a man. Zhang Ailing expressed her distrust of radical feminism by describing the process that Bai Liusu tried to enter the role that male chauvinism wanted women to enter.

　　Lu Yin and Xiao Hong’s works are full of feminism, but such feminism can’t really change the situation of women. Comparing Xiao Hong and Zhang Ailing, Xiao Hong’s feminism is highly prominent. Before she died, she said a few words, one of which was "the sky of women is low". Xiao Hong, trapped in the depths of feminism, met different men all her life, but never gained emotional security. Zhang Ailing is different from her. Zhang Ailing understands the illusion and imagination of this feminist writing, so her Love in the City expresses her feminist position in an ironic way. This is an important angle for us to interpret literary works.

　　Avoid falling into the "orientalist trap"

　　Adopting the perspective of colonialism and post-colonialism, this is a new perspective to interpret the text with the development of cultural studies. Let’s take a movie example to illustrate post-colonialism. The fifth generation directors, such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, made many so-called "folk customs" in their films in the 1980s, such as the sedan chair and wine offering in Red Sorghum, the light sealing and foot beating in Red Lantern Hanging High, and the rain praying in Chen Kaige’s film Yellow Land, etc. The fifth generation directors hope that the oriental culture will be revived on the screen. However, if we look at it from the post-colonial point of view of Said and others, when the fifth-generation directors desperately show the folk wonders of the oriental nation in their films, they just fall into the so-called Orientalism trap.

　　What is Orientalism? Generally speaking, westerners’ understanding of the East does not come from actual observation of the East, but from reading and watching literary and artistic works that describe the East. Westerners artificially establish the leading position of the West, and when they describe the East, they often create a so-called "grade difference" — — The East is a fascinating foreign land waiting for the West to discover. The meaning of this sentence is that only when the west discovers it can the beauty of the East be presented. This is the so-called Orientalism. Zhang Yimou and the fifth generation of directors he represents, in their films, present the orient, which is actually a kind of so-called self-orientalization. They present China’s aesthetic feeling in the way of "self-orientalization", at the same time, they give westerners a way to understand and observe China through movies, which will inevitably lead westerners to fail to objectively and truly understand China.

　　A similar situation occurs in literary works. For example, Jing M.Guo’s Tiny Times, which is deeply loved by young people, can also be viewed from a post-colonial perspective as a book with a wide reading rate and influence among young people. Under the background of globalization, Jing M.Guo completed his own naming for this era. He named this era of globalization as a small era, reminding us to rethink the center and edge.

　　(Ma bing　The author is a professor at the College of Literature of Shandong University, and the article is selected from "Reading Classics" by Shanda Literature Life Museum.

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The front face design of BMW 5 Series (imported) is highly recognizable, and the family-style kidney-shaped air intake grille is adopted. The interior of the grille is decorated with chrome, which is exquisite and modern. Headlights on both sides have sharp lines, and with LED daytime running lights, it not only improves the visual effect of the vehicle, but also provides excellent lighting effect. On the whole, BMW 5 Series (imported) shows its unique sports style and luxurious atmosphere with its streamlined body and dynamic lines.

The body size of BMW 5 Series (imported) is 5060mm long, 1900mm wide, 1515mm high and 2995mm wheelbase. Its side lines are smooth, showing a combination of movement and elegance. Equipped with 19-inch wheels and 245/45 R19 tyre size, it shows the sporty style.

The interior design of BMW 5 Series (imported) is full of luxury and technology. The center console is equipped with a 14.9-inch high-definition touch screen, which integrates the voice recognition control functions of multimedia system, navigation, telephone and air conditioner, providing intelligent interactive experience for drivers. The steering wheel is made of genuine leather, and has electric up-and-down and forward-and-backward adjustment functions to ensure that the driver can find the most comfortable grip angle. A Type-C interface is configured under the center console to meet the charging requirements of various devices. The seat is made of imitation leather. The main driver’s seat supports front and rear adjustment, backrest adjustment, height adjustment (4-way), leg rest adjustment and lumbar support (4-way), and has heating and ventilation functions. The co-pilot seat also provides a full range of adjustment options to ensure ride comfort. In addition, the driver’s seat is also equipped with an electric seat memory function, which enhances the personalized experience. The rear seats have a proportional reclining function, which is convenient for loading large items and provides passengers with more space flexibility.

BMW 5 Series (imported) is equipped with a 2.0T 190 horsepower L4 engine with a maximum power of 140kW and a maximum torque of 310N·m, and is equipped with an 8-speed automatic manual transmission.

The owner of car home said that the appearance is his favorite part, not only because it is an imported version, but also because all BMW models have a sporty appearance design, so the designer has a good grasp of the aesthetics of young consumers. The new model also adds a luminous air intake grille, which is not only beautiful but also highly recognizable after lighting at night.

　　Land Rover from Britain has always occupied a place in the recreational vehicle market in Europe. However, as the "Rolls-Royce in SUV", there is no doubt that Land Rover pays attention to its interior design. This time, the top models of Land Rover Range Rover will come to report with greater motivation, which is the protagonist of this article, Range Rover Supercharged.

　　

　　Regardless of whether the Land Rover Range Rover in the past was off-road oriented or the later Land Rover Range Rover was luxury oriented, after retaining two fine traditions, since it is called "Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged", this time it must be an SUV with the ultimate performance orientation.

　　The Land Rover Range Rover Supercharged is a 4.2-liter supercharged V8 engine developed by Jaguar Car Factory, which can output 390 horsepower and the maximum torque of 550Nm. Driven by the brand-new ZF six-speed automatic transmission, the Range Rover Supercharged can accelerate from 0 to 100 km/h in about 6 seconds, and the top speed is 225 km/h. Of course, the conversion function of this ZF gearbox can also let the owner experience the shifting pleasure of the handcrafted car. In addition, when encountering the terrain that must be heavily off-road, the automatic slow driving mode can also make the Range Rover Supercharged get out safely.

　

Land Rover Range Rover waded through mountains and rivers.

　　Since we talked about getting out safely, of course, we have to talk about the maneuverability of Range Rover Supercharged. The car body structure design of Range Rover Supercharged is taken from Discovery 3/LR3, another car model owned by Land Rover. Although the wheelbase has been reduced by as much as six inches, the front and rear independent double wishbone suspension with pneumatic suspension has really improved the car body shaking. In addition, through the dynamic feedback system, the car owner can really grasp the road conditions. Therefore, Range Rover Supercharged can not only conquer difficult off-road terrain, but also become a beast that devours the road. However, in order to find out the best setting, the Land Rover team also put Range Rover Supercharged on the famous Nürburgring track for testing. After completing this work, Land Rover also put Range Rover Supercharged on 20-inch shoes, which were equipped with Brembo front brakes with four-point calipers to ensure the braking performance of Range Rover Supercharged.

　

　　As for the interior part, Land Rover certainly didn’t ignore the compliment of "Rolls-Royce in SUV". In order to present the luxurious car room of Range Rover, Land Rover uses a large number of high-grade leather, wooden decorative plates and aluminum alloy as the main materials for interior decoration. The moderate support and softness of the seat bring great comfort to passengers. The button configuration on the center console is also quite neat, and the multi-function steering wheel allows the owner. In addition, the fixed-speed navigation system reduces the burden of long-distance driving, and the use of xenon headlights keeps Range Rover Supercharged in blazing with anger.

　

RANGE ROVER

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　　　　Recently, some media have exposed a set of spy photos of the new Nissan Sylphy. There is almost no change in the design of this model. The biggest difference is that a new logo has appeared at the tail. This logo probably means that the new Sylphy will be equipped with a 1.6L engine from Tiida, and the model name will be changed.(Spy photos in the text Source: car home)

[New Sylphy spy photos]

　　　　The Sylphy model in the picture adopts the "PURE DRIVE" logo, which appears on the body of the new generation of Trent and New Sunshine. Adopting this logo means that the new Sylphy will adopt the new PURE DRIVE series engines. speculateThe new Sylphy is likely to be replaced with a 1.6-liter engine from Xinda.

[The "PURE DRIVE" logo appears at the tail of the new Sylphy]

[The "PURE DRIVE" logo appeared on Nita]

　　　　The new Tiida 1.6L engine is more excellent in power output and fuel economy, with the maximum power and torque output of 126 HP /154Nm, while the current Sylphy 1.6L engine is only 117 HP /153Nm.　

　　　　In addition, as part of the PURE DRIVE powertrain, the new SylphyAfter replacing the new 1.6L engine, it is likely that a new generation CVT transmission will be adopted at the same time.

"CLASSIC" logo on the new Sylphy "

"Cash Xuanyi logo"

　　　　In addition to the power upgrade, the logos of "SYLPHY" and "CLASSIC" appeared at the tail of the test car. It is speculated that the new generation of Sylphy will be launched next year.The current Sylphy is likely to be named "Sylphy Classic" and sold on the same stage as the replacement model.

　　　　Editor’s comment:Sales of new and old cars under the same roof have appeared more and more in Japanese cars. At present, most of the main Japanese cars have been introduced into China. To expand the product line, there must be more "extreme measure", such as sales of new and old cars under the same roof, or tailor-made products for the China market. Obviously, the former has lower cost and higher success rate. After the replacement of Sylphy is listed, the price of "Classic Sylphy" is expected to be lowered, and the 2.0L model will be cancelled, focusing on cost performance, and its competitiveness is still not to be underestimated.

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　　Who is responsible for the traffic accident on the way to work? Similar problems still plague many "riders". Recently, Beijing Tongcheng Bing Technology Co., Ltd. lost a lawsuit in a motor vehicle traffic accident liability dispute trial, which caused more than 20,000 yuan to the plaintiff in traffic accident compensation, and was also recognized as "having a labor relationship with the courier". However, in the cooperation agreement signed between the courier and the company, Tongcheng Bing Company still defines the business model of "platform+individual" as "business cooperation relationship", which is not adjusted by labor laws and regulations. To this end, many couriers have questioned whether such a cooperation agreement is reasonable and legal.

　

　　◎ Text/Figure Shandong Business Daily Su Bao News Network reporter Sun Wei Li Yuxin

　

　

A courier on the streets of Jinan

　

　　After the flash was awarded more than 20 thousand yuan, the plaintiff dropped the lawsuit

　

　　A few days ago, a civil judgment issued by the Dongcheng District People’s Court in Beijing showed that on March 25, 2021, a traffic accident occurred between the citizen He Mou and the flash driver Li Mou, causing the plaintiff He Mou to be injured and the contact part of the vehicle damaged. The traffic management department determined that Li, the flasher, was fully responsible for the accident, and He sued Beijing Tongcheng Bing Technology Co., Ltd., the company to which the flasher belongs, for compensation.

　　In this regard, the same city Bing Company argued that there was no employment relationship with the flasher Li. However, after the court heard the case, it was determined that the company had an employment relationship with the courier Li, and the same city Bing was sentenced to pay He 20,770 yuan.

　　However, Bing Company in the same city appealed the verdict again last month. According to the judgment document of the second instance published on March 8, after the appeal of the same city Bing Company, the plaintiff He Mou applied to the court to withdraw the prosecution. As for the reasons for withdrawing the lawsuit, the reporter sent a letter to consult the Flash Brand Department, but as of press time, he did not receive a reply.

　

　　Flash delivery has been listed as the person subjected to execution for many times due to accident disputes.

　

　　The reporter found out that this kind of traffic accident liability dispute has become the main legal risk of Bing Company in the same city. Sky Eye Survey shows that the top three cases in the company are motor vehicle traffic accident liability disputes (95 cases), labor disputes (37 cases), and disputes over life, health and body rights (31 cases). In the first three months of this year alone, there were 19 court announcements or civil judgments issued by Tongcheng Bing Company.

　　It is noteworthy that Tongcheng Bing was listed as the executor by the local court several times. Eye-catching investigation shows that Beijing Tongcheng Bing Technology Co., Ltd. was enforced by the court seven times for failing to fulfill its legal obligations on time, at least four of which involved traffic accident liability disputes of flashers.

　　In August last year, the flasher Jiao Mou collided with the plaintiff, and the same city Bing Company proposed to recognize Jiao Mou’s accident in the process of sending "flashover" and agreed to bear the losses within a reasonable range of the plaintiff. The Chaoyang District People’s Court of Beijing ruled that Jiao and Bing Company in the same city jointly bear more than 5,000 yuan in compensation. However, on December 13, 2021, Tongcheng Bing Company and Jiao Mou failed to fulfill their legal obligations and were listed as executors with an execution target of 5,304 yuan.

　

　　Regarding the determination of the labor relationship of the "flash worker", Flash once replied to our reporter in September 2020 that the legal relationship between the flash worker and the platform is still inconclusive at the legal level, and the current effective judgments all determine that there is no labor relationship. However, after a year and a half, now looking at the trend of court decisions, it seems that the company can no longer easily "throw the pot".

　

　　Cooperation agreement can not avoid the identification of labor relations.

　

　　The reporter learned from the mouth of the courier that the basis for the "throwing pot" of the courier comes from the "Cooperation Agreement" signed between the courier and the platform. The agreement stipulates that the platform and the courier establish a business cooperation relationship, and there is no labor relationship between the employer and the laborer, which is not adjusted by labor laws and regulations.　　　

　　In this regard, many flashers openly questioned on the platforms such as Post Bar and Zhihu, emphasizing that the company needs to purchase specified equipment for single quantity assessment, which obviously goes beyond the so-called "cooperative relationship".

　　Is such a "cooperation agreement" reasonable and legal? Ma Sicheng, a lawyer of Shanghai Duanhe Duan (Jinan) Law Firm, said: The cooperation agreement does not conform to the provisions of the labor law. Now the legal judgment on such issues is in a transitional period and cannot be treated with a fixed eye. However, common problems such as injuries caused by riders, whether it is labor relations or labour relation, should be borne by the platform. At present, the people’s courts judge similar cases by using the legal provisions that laborers cause damage to people and providers cause damage to third parties.

　　At the National People’s Congress in 2022, Pi Jianlong, member of Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference and director of Beijing Jintai Law Firm, pointed out in the proposal that the development of flexible employment and platform employment deformed the original "standard labor relations" and led to the establishment of multiple labor relations. In July, 2021, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other eight departments jointly issued the Guiding Opinions on Safeguarding the Labor Security Rights and Interests of Workers in New Employment Forms, but Pi Jianlong pointed out that the Guiding Opinions are policy norms and are not legally mandatory. It is necessary to further determine the protection of the rights and interests of workers in new formats in law and give them "strong protection" in the labor law.

　　Xinhua News Agency, Washington, January 20th　(International observation) Biden’s "political achievements" in power for one year are hard to be recognized by the people.

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter Deng Xianlai

　　US President Biden celebrated the first anniversary of his administration on the 20th. Over the past year, the Biden administration’s achievements in preventing and controlling the epidemic, reviving the economy, easing social contradictions and diplomatic fields have been lackluster. The series of problems he promised to solve have not only improved little, but even got worse.

　　On January 19th, US President Biden held a press conference at the White House in Washington (video screenshot). (Xinhua News Agency)

　　Policy obstruction

　　When Biden came to power, he made scientific prevention and control of COVID-19 epidemic and returning to normal life as soon as possible as a policy priority. He invited Anthony Fauci, an infectious disease expert, to be the president’s chief medical adviser, and prompted Congress to pass a $1.9 trillion economic aid plan to rapidly promote vaccination. These measures were recognized by many voters. However, since then, in order to curb the epidemic rebound caused by COVID-19 mutant strains such as Delta and Omicron, the White House issued a compulsory vaccine order for employees of large private enterprises, which was strongly resisted by the Republican ruling state and some business groups. The US Supreme Court recently ruled that the injunction could not be implemented, which frustrated Biden’s government policy.

　　On January 13th, medical staff took samples from the examiners at a Covid-19 test site in Washington, DC. (Xinhua News Agency, photo by Shen Ting)

　　On the economic front, although Biden pushed Congress to pass a large-scale infrastructure construction bill, problems such as high inflation, supply chain bottlenecks and labor shortage continue to be difficult to solve, and the road to economic recovery in the United States is full of thorns. According to data from the US Department of Labor, the US consumer price index rose by 7% year-on-year in December last year, the largest year-on-year increase in nearly 40 years. In the same month, the number of new jobs in the non-agricultural sector was only 199,000, and the number of unemployed people due to the epidemic was still as high as 3.1 million. The employment situation is still grim.

　　Politically, the struggle between the two parties in the United States and social tears have not eased, which has led Biden to fail to achieve policy goals such as easing racial conflicts, controlling the proliferation of guns, controlling border immigrants, and stopping violent law enforcement through congressional legislation. Recently, the two parties in Congress launched a fierce attack on two electoral reform bills proposed by Democrats to protect voters’ voting rights. The controversy over election reform may further deepen some conservative Republican voters’ doubts about Biden’s administration’s "ruling legitimacy."

　　On the diplomatic front, Biden promised to abolish a series of unilateralist policies during the Trump administration and prove to allies that "the United States is back." However, in diplomacy, he "broke more and established less" and lacked constructive policies. Some analysts believe that although Biden fulfilled his promise to withdraw troops from Afghanistan, the withdrawal plan was sloppy, the process was chaotic and the consequences were serious, which was widely criticized; He emphasized stability and predictability in relations with Russia, but ignored Russia’s security concerns on issues related to Russia’s core interests such as the Ukrainian crisis, which led to the continuous deterioration of US-Russia relations. He promised to let the United States return to the Iranian nuclear deal, but he did not show enough flexibility in the negotiations with Iran, so the prospect of reaching an agreement between the two sides is still unclear.

　　Difficult to be recognized

　　When Biden took office, he made many promises: to cure American "democracy", to defeat the COVID-19 epidemic, to solve deep-rooted racial and economic problems, and to restore America’s position in the world. However, one year later, his performance in preventing and controlling epidemic situation, curbing inflation, and policy legislation has not been recognized by the American people.

　　According to a poll released by Quinnipiac University recently, voters’ satisfaction with Biden’s administration has dropped to 33%. The American media pointed out that Biden broke the record of popular votes in the 2020 US presidential election, but now he has become one of the most unpopular US presidents.

　　Bill galston, a researcher at the Brookings Institution in the United States, said that Biden failed to meet the expectations of voters, and his anti-epidemic performance was particularly disappointing. At the same time, the chaos of Afghanistan’s withdrawal has also seriously damaged the image of Biden’s government.

　　This is a photo of local residents and Taliban in Kandahar, Afghanistan on August 31, 2021. Kenneth Mackenzie, commander of the US Central Command, announced on August 30, 2021 that the US military has completed the task of withdrawing from Afghanistan, and the US military operations in Afghanistan for nearly 20 years have officially ended. (Xinhua News Agency, photo by Sanaula)

　　Sarah Langweil, a Republican strategist in the United States, found through a one-year interview that Biden’s rating by voters continued to decline, and even "failed", and there were many democratic voters who were dissatisfied with Biden. Langweil believes that the survey results reflect people’s general dissatisfaction with the long-term persistence of the epidemic and rising inflation.

　　The Atlantic Monthly recently pointed out that compared with the consistent strong dissatisfaction of Republican voters with Biden, the rapid decline of Biden’s support rate among Democrats and independent voters deserves more attention. The internal differences and conflicts among the Democratic voters are becoming more and more obvious. Some voters think that the Democratic Party is not pushing the New Deal fast enough, while others disapprove of the ideas that the Democratic Party is pursuing at present.

　　Division remains the same

　　In recent years, the partisan struggle in the United States has become increasingly acute, and the opposition among the people has become increasingly fierce. The riots on Capitol Hill at the beginning of last year marked a new high in the top-down division of American society. One year after Biden took office, this polarization and tearing has not only not eased, but has further intensified.

　　Republicans totally deny Biden’s policy, American media are keen to play up opposing feelings, and former President Trump still has influence in the Republican Party, all of which are the reasons why the United States is deeply mired in opposition and tearing.

　　On January 6, US President Biden delivered a speech at the Capitol in Washington to commemorate the first anniversary of the riots on Capitol Hill. (Xinhua News Agency, Pool photo, photo by Michael Reynolds)

　　Rick Taylor, a Republican strategist, believes that Biden’s Democratic Party’s dominant position in Congress is extremely weak, and it is usually difficult to realize its policy proposition through legislation, and the presidential executive order he signed lacks overwhelming persuasion. This means that it is difficult for Biden to have the ability to unite the United States.

　　Analysts pointed out that over the past year, the division of the United States has been intensifying, Biden’s patience with Republicans has almost run out, and the two parties have been arguing over the reasons for the division. Some people even question whether it is necessary for the two parties to have a consensus. In this case, it seems destined to be an unreachable dream to bridge differences and unite the United States.