From Manchester to Qingdao, Paris to Xi'an, the world is witnessing an extraordinary display of Chinese nationalism, as expatriates and students take to the streets to express their anger about growing anti-Olympic sentiment and attack what they see as biased Western coverage of last month's crackdown in Tibet. Anti-Chinese protests on the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay and President Nicolas Sarkozy's threat to boycott the Beijing Games' opening cere-mony have led to demonstrations outside the French-owned Carrefour supermarkets, of which there are 112 in China. In Paris, there were displays of support for the Olympics by expatriates saying, "Love Our China".In Manchester and London, Chinese students staged silent protests against what they claim is distorted coverage by the BBC of Tibet. "We are here in a quest for objectivity, fairness and justice," an organiser.Internet users are organising online protests against CNN over commentator Jack Cafferty's description of the Beijing government as "goons and thugs", while there have been street demonstrations in Washington and in Los Angeles. The focus on CNN is remarkable as most Chinese people cannot watch the channel because it is available only in compounds where foreigners live and in a few hotels.
From Manchester to Qingdao, Paris to Xi'an, the world is witnessing an extraordinary display of Chinese nationalism, as expatriates and students take to the streets to express their anger about growing anti-Olympic sentiment and attack what they see as biased Western coverage of last month's crackdown in Tibet.
Anti-Chinese protests on the Paris leg of the Olympic torch relay and President Nicolas Sarkozy's threat to boycott the Beijing Games' opening cere-mony have led to demonstrations outside the French-owned Carrefour supermarkets, of which there are 112 in China. In Paris, there were displays of support for the Olympics by expatriates saying, "Love Our China".
In Manchester and London, Chinese students staged silent protests against what they claim is distorted coverage by the BBC of Tibet. "We are here in a quest for objectivity, fairness and justice," an organiser.
Internet users are organising online protests against CNN over commentator Jack Cafferty's description of the Beijing government as "goons and thugs", while there have been street demonstrations in Washington and in Los Angeles. The focus on CNN is remarkable as most Chinese people cannot watch the channel because it is available only in compounds where foreigners live and in a few hotels.
The student said she has received some messages calling for her to be burned alive with oil. She said she filed a report with the Duke University Police Department Friday. "I think this is not the time to die for my country," the student said. "I love my life." DUPD has increased patrols around the student's dormitory and has offered her personal protection, which she declined, said DUPD Maj. Gloria Graham. "She did report to us that there were some general threats made to her, or things she perceived to be threats," Graham said. "We take harassing phone call and e-mail cases all the time. I think we are all a little bit more alarmed about this case." Student gets threat after China protest
She said she filed a report with the Duke University Police Department Friday.
"I think this is not the time to die for my country," the student said. "I love my life."
DUPD has increased patrols around the student's dormitory and has offered her personal protection, which she declined, said DUPD Maj. Gloria Graham.
"She did report to us that there were some general threats made to her, or things she perceived to be threats," Graham said. "We take harassing phone call and e-mail cases all the time. I think we are all a little bit more alarmed about this case."
Student gets threat after China protest
This reminds of the sociopaths who threaten and often do burn their sisters, wives, girlfriends, nieces, daughters, etc. because they put on a little too much blush or cannot produce a son or looked at another guy the wrong way, or take your pick.
I am not saying that misogyny that is driving the hateful nationalistic fury towards this student -- her parents' home allegedly has been attacked, which would exclude misogyny per se. But I wonder whether nationalism (or if you prefer the politically clean expression, "patriotism" or "national pride"), sectarianism, sexism/misogyny, homophobia, racism, and all the rest, may not all sprout from the same poisonous root: insecurity at one extreme, self-loathing at the other. Instead of dealing with their own negative self-image, they feel compelled to identify with and project their self to some some tribe or principle or other kind of ersatz "super self", redirecing their wretchedness from self and converting it into a raging, terrified hatred of whatever is not self.
What is the vaccination for nationalism? A language is a dialect with an army and navy.
Nazism vaccinated the Germans and Franco vaccinated the Spaniards... When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done. — John M. Keynes
