reproduction , and held a negative attitude towards desires beyond this scope . Mozi believed that when individuals pursue interests , they must consider the interests of the whole world as the premise , and should restrain their own behavior .
Compared with Mozi ' s consideration of the basic needs of people ' s food , clothing , housing and transportation , Galtung ' s consideration of people is more extensive . For a long time , people narrowly limited violence to causing physical harm to people and attributed the root of war to the " evil " of human nature . But Galtung believes that peace is not only the disappearance of direct violence , but also entails the governance of deep structural violence . International conflicts often stem from neglect of human needs . War is an extreme form of direct violence . Eliminating war can only achieve " negative peace ", while eliminating structural violence and cultural violence can achieve " positive peace ". Galtung is concerned not only with the damage caused by war and violence , but also with how human beings can live more decently .
Relatively , Galtung surpasses Mozi in the aspect of taking care of the people . Take the United States as an example , according to the idea of Mozi , the United States is the world ' s most developed country , and its people are well-dressed and well-fed , and lead a rich life , so they should give up acts of war and abide by their own obligations . Apparently that is not the case . Obviously , just meeting the daily needs of people is not enough to end war .
Galtung was more aware of the exploitation and oppression of the people through structural violence and cultural violence . Galtung ' s consideration of the people was more extensive than that of Mozi , because it was inseparable from the background of the times they lived in .
Chinese Peace Strategies during the Pandemic
The COVID-19 epidemic is spreading around the world , renewing people ' s estimations of a risk society , causing worldwide human casualties and international security unrest .
According to WHO real-time statistics , " Globally , as of 6:06pm CEST , 6 August 2021 , there have been 200,840,180 confirmed cases of COVID-19 , including 4,265,903 deaths ( WHO Coronavirus Disease ( COVID-19 ) Dashboard )". The epidemic has not only damaged human health and the dignity of life , but also caused incalculable disasters in the fields of international economy and security . Trump , Pompeo and other Western politicians have repeatedly named the novel coronavirus as the “ Wuhan Virus ” or “ China Virus ”. This act of combining the Covid-19 epidemic and the stigmatization of specific ethnic groups aims to shift
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