Is it true that if you win you become king? read what Gu has to say...

Lose, You Are A Bandit

Most people dislike losing. The feeling of losing is so terrible that no one can ignore it. When the Chinese national soccer team failed enter the 2002 world cup, the whole country was full of despair and anger. The supporters went to the streets expressing their dissatisfaction and nearly all the media got involved with the largest scale of criticism. On the other hand, when the U.S.A’s dream team, which was thought to be unbeatable, was defeated by the Argentinean national team, their supporters didn’t response so severely. I cannot imgine if the dream team were the Chinese national team what would have happened. Needless to say, what welcomed them would have been nothing but the insult. So what’s the difference between these two different attitudes toward losing? Maybe two different social environments should be responsible for this. In the case of China, there are over 1.4 billion people so that competitive consciousness is strongly stuck to people’s mind. A famous Chinese saying is that win, you are a king; lose, you are a bandit. However, people in the U.S.A don’t regard losing too seriously. To them, it’s just a game. They watch games for fun. Recently, a vigorous campaign has spread through China. Authorities began to investigate notorious illeagal soccer gambling and some suspicious matches, which were believed to be controlled in advance. Those who benefited a lot from the illegal behaviours were arrested. They never minded losing their matches before because they obtained more illegal income than normal salaries. Now, the will be judged and someone maybe will spend the rest of his life in prison.