| @CRM, it is this perception that you have that worries me, because that is probably the same perception that people outside China would have too - that the Chinese have all turned rabid. This doesn't help China at all. The same perception in reverse is probably true too; (no thanks to the media) the Chinese also have this idea that everyone else is against them, and the fenqing (angry youth) resort to more angry rhetoric and actions. Tada... a vicious cycle is perpetuated. The international media amplifies every news and yes, they are pretty skewered in reporting and tensions are heightened as a result. But we can choose not to be led by our noses; we have a choice to be objective, don't we? Just this morning in the gym, I heard someone speaking French. I could scowl at her, but I chose to smile. (Traitor... did I hear someone say that?) We struck up a conversation; we seem to hit off quite well. Who knows whether it is the beginning of a friendship? Who knows, there may be more commonalities between us than differences like Free Tibet. |
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