《时代》到底如何说《中国不高兴》？ 

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忽悠，还是忽悠，这次是几个50多岁的人联合几个书商，忽悠知识分子，忽悠爱读《中国可以……》类型的书的读书人，不过就是为了多卖几本书。 

《时代》周刊的，一个江姓的，显然是个华裔的记者，采访了这几位仁兄中的两位吧。结果，他们在记者的文章最后部分，说了实话： 

Wang cautions that the book's title is a bit of a ruse. "To be frank, those words in the title Unhappy China are just for the purpose of promoting the book in the marketplace," he says. "We didn't choose them. It was the people selling the book who chose the title, because it would sell well." If they could chose a title, Wang says it would have been China's Goals for the Next 30 Years or something similar. But who would want to read that?” 

翻译过来大意就是，本不想用这种书名，但为了推销目的，为了书走得更好，就听了推销图书的人（实际就是喜欢制造噱头的民营书商）的建议。如果按他们的本意，是想采用类似“China's Goals for the Next 30 Years”这样的书名出版。但他们自己也知道，那就没人愿意读了。 

这是一。 

二呢，《时代》记者继续写道，In talking with Wang and Song it's easy to get the feeling that it's not so much China that's unhappy and angry, but the authors themselves.也就是说，没有什么“中国高不高兴”的事情，如果说真有不高兴的事，那是他们作者本身不爽。我看，真是一针见血。此外，50多岁的人写东西，应该更注重理性，更严谨，更富于说理成分，但显然，读了其中几篇东西后产生的感觉，更象是底气不足的虚伪的呐喊。 

第三，无论《时代》周刊记者是怎么样同情中国，但他们仍然对中国的民主进程是最感兴趣的。从这篇采访文章中，也照例看得出来。They assert that China suffers from weaknesses in its political system and that democracy should be the nation's ultimate goal. But when they discuss democracy they are more likely to highlight the failures of India and the Philippines than to mention the top 20 nations on the United Nations Development Programs human-development index, which are all democratic. In that regard they are much like the Chinese Communist Party, which says it is pursuing democracy "with Chinese characteristics。显然，这两位作者在洋记者的眼中到底是怎么一回事，也就一目了然了。 

实际上，《时代》周刊专门有“世界栏目”，其中时不时就有关于中国方面的报道。但我很纳闷，为什么只提“登上《时代》”，只让人感觉无比荣耀，但却不提供全部报道内容呢？ 

说穿了，不过就是为了一个目的、两个字：“炒作”。不过就是告诉中国读者一种信息：这书获得了洋人的关注。所以，我想说，别动不动就把洋杂志端过来，糊弄伟大的中国读者。也可以这样说，中国读者不高兴！ 

可怜的写书者们，可怜的知识分子们，可怜的爱书者们，可怜的收入并不是太高却还很关注中国命运的阅读者们。