Betzee said...

Betzee at 09:20 AM JST - 24th April

Let's look at what he said: "We continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export, you know, jobs to places where you can pay workers a dollar a month to turn out the stuff that we're buying from Wal-Mart."

This…

Posted in Chinese lawyers file suit over CNN 'goons' comment at 09:20 AM JST - 24th April
Betzee at 10:20 PM JST - 22nd April

Nationalism extends from strong family-orientated societies - where a unit in society is the family and rarely the individual.

The Chinese in fact did a lot to break those family ties and make the individual's primary identification with the state, or CCP really. Children publicly denounced their parents during the…

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 10:20 PM JST - 22nd April
Betzee at 11:11 AM JST - 22nd April

GWB and Condi were reportedly shocked by Hamas' victory at the ballot box. Guess they really believe that stuff about the "transformative of liberty." The Israelis, however, do not. Nor do that have many kind words for the neocon foreign policy. I mean, had it been successful would there really…

Posted in Carter meets Hamas leaders over Israeli, U.S. objections at 11:11 AM JST - 22nd April
Betzee at 09:47 AM JST - 22nd April

Stop the Chinese citizens before they go too far.

In fact they've turned on their own. The handicapped torch bearer who was attacked by several individuals, including a woman drapped in a Tibetan flag, has now gone from heroine to traitor. Her crime? Questioning a boycott of the French supermarket…

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 09:47 AM JST - 22nd April
Betzee at 10:41 AM JST - 21st April

are they so brainwashed that they will accept any old garbage their "leaders" tell them?" To a great extent, unfortunately, Yes.

I think "close minded" would be a better way to describe it. Once someone develops such a mindset they simply don't want to entertain opposing points of view and…

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 10:41 AM JST - 21st April
Betzee at 11:00 PM JST - 20th April

Competitive sporting events and politics have a long history of interaction in the PRC. This will be brought to light in a book being written by a longtime US resident who came from China to pursue graduate study in the late 1980s and is in a position to shed some…

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 11:00 PM JST - 20th April
Betzee at 11:28 AM JST - 20th April

Mark Twain's famous observation "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it" is not something Chinese raised under the red flag can appreciate.

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 11:28 AM JST - 20th April
Betzee at 10:58 AM JST - 20th April

Xinhua, CCTV and DPRK's Radio Press; do we need any other "truth" sources?

You are overlooking an important difference (and I'm not referring to content). North Koreans also exhibit a high degree of nationalism. But their country is isolated from the rest of the world and they've had no opportunity…

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 10:58 AM JST - 20th April
Betzee at 10:19 AM JST - 20th April

Ossan, Name one country which has diplomatic relations with Tibet? There aren't any. By contrast Taiwan is recognized as a de facto independent entity (with which many countries have unofficial relations).

I think casting those participating in these marches as Chinese-Americans, or Europeans of Chinese ethnicity is a misnomer. The…

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 10:19 AM JST - 20th April
Betzee at 08:37 AM JST - 20th April

In London, meanwhile, nearly 1,000 students and others took to the street in front of the national parliament building by 11 a.m. with some of them holding signs that read ‘‘BBC is a liar.’’

The last time I remember such a phenomenon was during the 1979 Iranian Revolution when Iranian…

Posted in China urges 'calm' as anti-Western protests continue at 08:37 AM JST - 20th April