| ddjiii: Actually I also read the Shanghai Daily article, but as you know, you have to take local media with a grain of salt. If you read a few versions of the situation online, you'll notice the Shanghai Daily article skews the situation so the Chinese woman becomes the victim. 3 other issues I want to bring up is: 1. Why is the premier of China and a diplomat of China interfering with local affairs? The Chinese people living in Italy are most probably Italian Chinese... or if you are Chinese, consider yourself Chinese Italian. The issue is, if an Italian immigrant immigrates to America and gets into trouble, would the Italian Prime Minister or an Italian diplomat get involved? The most probable answer is NO! You do not interfere with domestic disputes or issues. 2. If a British citizen living in Shanghai got upset with the local police, would he/she hold a protest and wave his American flag around? Probably NOT! If the British citizen immigrated to China and became Chinese, would he cause a massive protest and wave his British flag around? These people immigrated to Italy and should follow Italian rules (like you said above). The problem is they didn't! Because as you said, the Chinese like to BEND the rules to their advantage as much as possible. Also, if the landed immigrant to China was formerly British, would he be insulting his new home country if he waved his former British flag around in protest? The most probable answer is YES! |
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