What is the fantasy of the Chinese people about the Jews?

People who associate as "good at business" with "Jewish" are many among the Japanese people, but there seems to be excessive "Jewish beliefs" in China. A journalist and reporter Isaac Eiger discusses various illusions concerning Jews.

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Mr. Eger saw a Chinese man in her twenties who is encouraged to "take self" in front of the Jewish refugee museum in Shanghai. Mr. Eger, who offered me to take a picture on behalf of the two men who were struggling to shoot at the best angle, was declined. At that time, when asking "Why did you come to the Jewish Museum?", The young people said that "Jews are good at business and are very smart," they said.

Mr. Eiger told the Chinese young man aspiring to be an entrepreneur, when he told that he is a Jew, he was surprised as "amazing Jew," and said, "But the Jews can not see it, I answered. When asking the image of the Jewish people, he answered, "I wear a hat in a suit and have a good beard," he seems to have imagined a stereotypical figure like Hashidik .

According to Mr. Eager, in the past 20 years, information on Jews including business books has taken root in China. In Shanghai, "Jewish Education Law" is eagerly practiced, and a taxi driver knows that passengers are Jewish, as much as doing gesture of money, "Jews are taking advantage of business mindset It seems that the image of China society has become established. However, according to Professor James Ross of North Eastern University who is the author of " The Image of Jews in Contemporary China ", "I know that the Chinese love the Jews but many of them say "It is a wrong stereotype," he points out that there is a misunderstanding of the Jews.

Examining the history of China, it was in the early nineteenth century that the word "犹 太" meaning Judea in Chinese was assigned. By the way, before that, it is said that Kota was a word indicating "bad guy" or "suspicious person". Later in the latter half of the 20th century, Mr. Eger commented that the Communist Party of China endorsed Palestine and considered Jews and Israelis as enemies.

With prejudice against Jews spreading throughout society, the only means Chinese can understand Jewish people is literature. As Lu Xun said, "It was Shakespeare 's work for the first time to learn about Jewish people," there were few Chinese who have met Jews directly.

After that, when China was opened to the free market in the 1990s, Mr. Eger said the attitude of the Chinese toward the Jews has changed significantly. Entrepreneurial spirit was born in the neoliberalism that grew in China, "The smart Jew who succeeded in business" became an ideal role model.

Then, the word "Judea" began to be treated as being related to wealth, education and business, and many Chinese businessmen got educated of "Jewish expression" to grow up. Eager said that the popularity of Jewish books is on fire and that China, which sold Judea-related books as if it were flying, is superior to Korean Jewish fever .

Among them, many Chinese in the "Jewish secret" as a person who preached the 贺雄Fei be with a person that goes out to his right is not. However, since historically successful Jews include those who are not Jews such as Ludwig van Beethoven, the doubt remains in the authenticity of the work. Mr. Eager tried to contact Kaga but he said he did not succeed.

Professor Shun Ew of the University of Essex said, "For the Chinese, the Jews are profound mirrors (what kind of race the Jews are) reality is not a problem, the image of the Chinese arbitrarily" He pointed out that the image of the Jews in China is walking alone.

And it is said that some Jewish immigrants in China also actively use "faith" against Chinese Jews. "Chinese education law is full of stress and anxiety, but Jewish Israeli teaching law focuses on intelligence and creativity" Meirav Meka Shacked 's educational law gained popularity It is said that.

However, there are voices that the understanding of Jews in China is fundamentally inadequate as it lacks understanding of Judaism. It is Buddhism, Islam, Taoism, Protestantism, Catholicism that the Chinese government is recognized as religion, and Judaism is not recognized as an official religion.

There is also a growing popularity of China in Judea, with an estimated 3,000 Jewish residents living in China, and the community is growing greatly. Jewish Besla, a Jew who moved to Shanghai 9 years ago, raises three sons in China and says that China feels that it is a safe place for Jews. However, Anna Frishberg of Shanghai's Jewish community Kehilat Shanghai said, "China's" myths on Jews "can be reversed easily and frightfully". As Chinese understanding of Jews is a desirable interpretation for Chinese people, there is a possibility that it will turn into anti-Semitic depending on how interpretation changes.

Shromo Greenberg of Rabbi (religious leader of Judaism) living in China since 1949 said that he is looking at the Jewish belief heating in China with chilling eyes. Those who develop "Jewish" business in China are "only Israeli accents because they are Israeli people, only sold nonsense gathers that gathered ideas of various Western cultures" criticism It is. "The Chinese praise the Jewish ability that has been living for 2000 years in Diaspora in order to build a strong economy for the desolate land.They (the Chinese) love us (the Jews) Are you going to sacrifice something for us? Some people misunderstand, there is no love here. "