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	<title>Comments on: China: Boycott Carrefour</title>
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		<title>By: Lu zilong</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-1/#comment-1564727</link>
		<dc:creator>Lu zilong</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:31:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tell that to Tibet and Eastern Turkestan who have been &quot;hurt&quot; by Chinese power for 50 and 70 years respectively</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tell that to Tibet and Eastern Turkestan who have been &#8220;hurt&#8221; by Chinese power for 50 and 70 years respectively</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-1/#comment-1564726</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2009 19:30:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Tell that to Tibet and Eastern Turkestan who have been &quot;hurt&quot; by Chinese power for 50 and 70 years respectively</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tell that to Tibet and Eastern Turkestan who have been &#8220;hurt&#8221; by Chinese power for 50 and 70 years respectively</p>
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		<title>By: FOARP</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-22/#comment-1540897</link>
		<dc:creator>FOARP</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 08:44:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Lindsey-CN:
For your information:

&quot;In France little children are educated to exclaim: “FREE TIBET!”&quot; = PURE CHINESE PROPAGANDA

The Olympic torches were extinguished four times by CHINESE deliberately,

It appears clear that you are brainwashed</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Lindsey-CN:<br />
For your information:</p>
<p>&#8220;In France little children are educated to exclaim: “FREE TIBET!”&#8221; = PURE CHINESE PROPAGANDA</p>
<p>The Olympic torches were extinguished four times by CHINESE deliberately,</p>
<p>It appears clear that you are brainwashed</p>
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		<title>By: knights</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-22/#comment-1540345</link>
		<dc:creator>knights</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:11:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>For free trade&#039;s sake, I don&#039;t support boycott.  We have to show SoKrazy the Schidzo that we are angry.  To do that, we have to punish contracts with France.  Carrefour is in China, so let&#039;s forgive them for now.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For free trade&#8217;s sake, I don&#8217;t support boycott.  We have to show SoKrazy the Schidzo that we are angry.  To do that, we have to punish contracts with France.  Carrefour is in China, so let&#8217;s forgive them for now.</p>
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		<title>By: Wood Head</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-22/#comment-1539865</link>
		<dc:creator>Wood Head</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 09:53:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I&#039; m a Chinese,although i speak bad English,i still want to express myself on Boycotting Carrefour ,I don&#039;t support to boycott the supermarket ,because i think there are many unfair things in China,such as no freedom of expression ,no freedom of dissident and corruption that Chinese should protest against.So all of people Who wanna boycott Carrefour are either blind and brainwashed or evil to make Chinese people forget about those unfair things around China.I agree with Miss. Jesse.
They had been washing our brain since we were in school.there are no one dare to tell the truth in China.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217; m a Chinese,although i speak bad English,i still want to express myself on Boycotting Carrefour ,I don&#8217;t support to boycott the supermarket ,because i think there are many unfair things in China,such as no freedom of expression ,no freedom of dissident and corruption that Chinese should protest against.So all of people Who wanna boycott Carrefour are either blind and brainwashed or evil to make Chinese people forget about those unfair things around China.I agree with Miss. Jesse.<br />
They had been washing our brain since we were in school.there are no one dare to tell the truth in China.</p>
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		<title>By: Global Voices teny Malagasy &#187; Shina sy Frantsa: Atao fahirano ny vita frantsay</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-22/#comment-1538794</link>
		<dc:creator>Global Voices teny Malagasy &#187; Shina sy Frantsa: Atao fahirano ny vita frantsay</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 21:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] nivezivezy tamin&#039;ny alalan&#039;ny QQ sy fifandraisana tsiroaroa (peer to peer) hafa. Lindsey CN dia efa nandika ity hafatra ity tany amin&#039;ny fanehoan-kevitra tao amin&#039;ny Global Voices tany...: Antson&#039;ny [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] nivezivezy tamin&#39;ny alalan&#39;ny QQ sy fifandraisana tsiroaroa (peer to peer) hafa. Lindsey CN dia efa nandika ity hafatra ity tany amin&#39;ny fanehoan-kevitra tao amin&#39;ny Global Voices tany&#8230;: Antson&#39;ny [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Global Voices Online &#187; China and France: Boycott of French Goods</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-22/#comment-1538596</link>
		<dc:creator>Global Voices Online &#187; China and France: Boycott of French Goods</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] patriot message have been circulating via QQ and other peer to peer communication. Lindsey CN translated the message at the comment session in earlier post in GV: Motherland [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] patriot message have been circulating via QQ and other peer to peer communication. Lindsey CN translated the message at the comment session in earlier post in GV: Motherland [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Lindsey-CN</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-21/#comment-1538571</link>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey-CN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The foreignor always believe that it is stupid to boycott Carrefour because it just hurt Chinese themselves.But ,every one is clear that the people benefit the most is always French people, they get the lion&#039;s share from Carrefour.

And if you are interested in Chinese martial arts, you should know that there is one kind named Qi shang quan,which is powerful but would hurt self before hurt the enemies. Even Carrefour booycott is like Qishangquan and actually hurt our fellowman, then we are willing to do this at high cost just to make it known: you should not intervene our own business! 

Pay your attention to your beggars and poor! Think how to make them happy! You do not know the situation of China and where our happiness are! Your focus of some separatists&#039;satifaction does not show your humanity and the spirit of democracy.Give some coins to the roadside beggars, to the AIDs , the lunatics in your country, and that is where your kindness lies. 

Do not ever think you are Savior to the weak  and you are kind-hearted to all human being equally,which is the excuse for you-- human rights. if so, why 3000 trained policemen could not protect tbe little Chinese girl torchbearer? why you associate pure Olypmpic with dirty politics? You romantic France have lost your past bertiful image ,which was a country full of great writers and artists. Think before you say all stupid word!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The foreignor always believe that it is stupid to boycott Carrefour because it just hurt Chinese themselves.But ,every one is clear that the people benefit the most is always French people, they get the lion&#8217;s share from Carrefour.</p>
<p>And if you are interested in Chinese martial arts, you should know that there is one kind named Qi shang quan,which is powerful but would hurt self before hurt the enemies. Even Carrefour booycott is like Qishangquan and actually hurt our fellowman, then we are willing to do this at high cost just to make it known: you should not intervene our own business! </p>
<p>Pay your attention to your beggars and poor! Think how to make them happy! You do not know the situation of China and where our happiness are! Your focus of some separatists&#8217;satifaction does not show your humanity and the spirit of democracy.Give some coins to the roadside beggars, to the AIDs , the lunatics in your country, and that is where your kindness lies. </p>
<p>Do not ever think you are Savior to the weak  and you are kind-hearted to all human being equally,which is the excuse for you&#8211; human rights. if so, why 3000 trained policemen could not protect tbe little Chinese girl torchbearer? why you associate pure Olypmpic with dirty politics? You romantic France have lost your past bertiful image ,which was a country full of great writers and artists. Think before you say all stupid word!</p>
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		<title>By: Lindsey-CN</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-21/#comment-1538565</link>
		<dc:creator>Lindsey-CN</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:56:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am a Chinese, and now i want to present certain slogans that are spread by QQ,MSN,Skype and whatever in China. They are popular  and welcome. I am not sure how many people here could read Chinese, but these slogans have an English version for your reference.
今天是祖国最需要你的时候！
如果你在法国，三岁小孩也会在你身后大叫：“FREE TIBET!”
如果你知道法国总统第一个说抵制奥运也是一种选项时，
如果你知道巴黎市长说中国人不如非洲妓女时，
如果你知道奥运圣火在巴黎四次被法国人人为熄灭时，
如果你知道奥运五环被涂改成手铐而镶嵌在中国地图上时，
如果你知道巴黎市长把藏独旗帜悬挂于市政厅而拒迎火炬时，
如果你知道“浪漫的”巴黎人在向火炬扔垃圾谩骂嘲笑时，
如果你知道火炬巴黎传递一路是狰狞的面孔时，
如果你知道3000警察保护不了一个中国残疾运动员时，
如果---------------你都没有反应，那么我就无语了，
为了祖国的尊严和声誉我们能做什么？
抵制家乐福，是我们能做的不多事情之一，
我们连一天都做不到吗？（元旦）
抵制家乐福，不是抵制中国人，而是表达一种血性的姿态，
抵制家乐福，不是向洋人示威，而是展示中国民心，
抵制家乐福，不是以暴制暴，而是和平表达心声，
抵制家乐福，不是渲染仇恨和排外，而是要让洋人知道，中国人很生气。
我们已经沉沦太久，以为我们的生活就是我们的全部，
可是没有我们的国，我们的家又在哪里呢？
请每个收到的人转发给你所知道的群！

Its English Version:

Motherland    Summons!

For your information:

In France little children are educated to exclaim: “FREE TIBET!”

The French president Mr. Sarkozy stated that rejecting Beijing-Olympics is an option,

The Mayor of Paris proclaimed that the Chinese are no more than whores in Africa, 

The Olympic torches were extinguished four times by Frenchmen deliberately,

The Olympic rings were distorted into a manacle and printed on the map of China in France,

The Mayor of Paris hung the flag of Tibet separatists in the Municipal Hall and refused to meet the torch,

The romantic French threw garbage on the torch with taunts, jeers, and laughter.

The sacred Olympic torch received all along her journey in France savage faces,

The three thousand French policemen were not strong enough to protect a disabled Chinese girl torchbearer,
--------------------

After all the above facts, dear fellows, if you are still silent and indifferent, then tell me, are you still enjoying the blood of Yan and Huang?

Dear fellows, what should we do to maintain the dignity and the honor of our beloved country? Boycotting Carrefour, yes it is, it is one of the few things that we could and must do for our motherland! And can not we live without Carrefour? Even just for 12 hours in the New Year’s Day?

But dear peace-loving people in this global village, Carrefour boycott does not mean
that we Chinese are infighting with our fellowmen, 
that we are curbing violence by violence,
and that we are disseminating hatred and nationalism,

instead it works as
a peaceful resistance to bias and prejudice,
a tolerant way to express the indignation of Chinese,
a strong declaration that we are red-blooded and brave,
and a cry to inform France of what we are thinking and feeling
-----We are angry!

We have been silent for such a long time that we almost lose our courage. But without the claim of the state’s dignity, dear fellows, where would you start a warm family?

Please convey this message to your family, friends and acquaintances!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am a Chinese, and now i want to present certain slogans that are spread by QQ,MSN,Skype and whatever in China. They are popular  and welcome. I am not sure how many people here could read Chinese, but these slogans have an English version for your reference.<br />
今天是祖国最需要你的时候！<br />
如果你在法国，三岁小孩也会在你身后大叫：“FREE TIBET!”<br />
如果你知道法国总统第一个说抵制奥运也是一种选项时，<br />
如果你知道巴黎市长说中国人不如非洲妓女时，<br />
如果你知道奥运圣火在巴黎四次被法国人人为熄灭时，<br />
如果你知道奥运五环被涂改成手铐而镶嵌在中国地图上时，<br />
如果你知道巴黎市长把藏独旗帜悬挂于市政厅而拒迎火炬时，<br />
如果你知道“浪漫的”巴黎人在向火炬扔垃圾谩骂嘲笑时，<br />
如果你知道火炬巴黎传递一路是狰狞的面孔时，<br />
如果你知道3000警察保护不了一个中国残疾运动员时，<br />
如果&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;你都没有反应，那么我就无语了，<br />
为了祖国的尊严和声誉我们能做什么？<br />
抵制家乐福，是我们能做的不多事情之一，<br />
我们连一天都做不到吗？（元旦）<br />
抵制家乐福，不是抵制中国人，而是表达一种血性的姿态，<br />
抵制家乐福，不是向洋人示威，而是展示中国民心，<br />
抵制家乐福，不是以暴制暴，而是和平表达心声，<br />
抵制家乐福，不是渲染仇恨和排外，而是要让洋人知道，中国人很生气。<br />
我们已经沉沦太久，以为我们的生活就是我们的全部，<br />
可是没有我们的国，我们的家又在哪里呢？<br />
请每个收到的人转发给你所知道的群！</p>
<p>Its English Version:</p>
<p>Motherland    Summons!</p>
<p>For your information:</p>
<p>In France little children are educated to exclaim: “FREE TIBET!”</p>
<p>The French president Mr. Sarkozy stated that rejecting Beijing-Olympics is an option,</p>
<p>The Mayor of Paris proclaimed that the Chinese are no more than whores in Africa, </p>
<p>The Olympic torches were extinguished four times by Frenchmen deliberately,</p>
<p>The Olympic rings were distorted into a manacle and printed on the map of China in France,</p>
<p>The Mayor of Paris hung the flag of Tibet separatists in the Municipal Hall and refused to meet the torch,</p>
<p>The romantic French threw garbage on the torch with taunts, jeers, and laughter.</p>
<p>The sacred Olympic torch received all along her journey in France savage faces,</p>
<p>The three thousand French policemen were not strong enough to protect a disabled Chinese girl torchbearer,<br />
&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;</p>
<p>After all the above facts, dear fellows, if you are still silent and indifferent, then tell me, are you still enjoying the blood of Yan and Huang?</p>
<p>Dear fellows, what should we do to maintain the dignity and the honor of our beloved country? Boycotting Carrefour, yes it is, it is one of the few things that we could and must do for our motherland! And can not we live without Carrefour? Even just for 12 hours in the New Year’s Day?</p>
<p>But dear peace-loving people in this global village, Carrefour boycott does not mean<br />
that we Chinese are infighting with our fellowmen,<br />
that we are curbing violence by violence,<br />
and that we are disseminating hatred and nationalism,</p>
<p>instead it works as<br />
a peaceful resistance to bias and prejudice,<br />
a tolerant way to express the indignation of Chinese,<br />
a strong declaration that we are red-blooded and brave,<br />
and a cry to inform France of what we are thinking and feeling<br />
&#8212;&#8211;We are angry!</p>
<p>We have been silent for such a long time that we almost lose our courage. But without the claim of the state’s dignity, dear fellows, where would you start a warm family?</p>
<p>Please convey this message to your family, friends and acquaintances!</p>
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		<title>By: Shanghai Scrap &#187; KFC Cheats Chinese Customers Out of Sixth Edge, Pretends Mexican Food Originated in Sichuan.</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-21/#comment-1531061</link>
		<dc:creator>Shanghai Scrap &#187; KFC Cheats Chinese Customers Out of Sixth Edge, Pretends Mexican Food Originated in Sichuan.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2008 09:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] A couple of items worth mentioning to young nationalists in search of a new foreign company to demonize. [...]</description>
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		<title>By: Buyhard Bob</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-21/#comment-1486312</link>
		<dc:creator>Buyhard Bob</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 19:08:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi.
Are you boycotting Chinese products?  If so, please go to http://buyhard.net46.net, where you can register your &#039;non-purchases&#039;, i.e. details of goods you put back on the shelf when you realized they were made in China.
Best wishes,
Buyhard Bob, China Boycott Union.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi.<br />
Are you boycotting Chinese products?  If so, please go to <a href="http://buyhard.net46.net" rel="nofollow">http://buyhard.net46.net</a>, where you can register your &#8216;non-purchases&#8217;, i.e. details of goods you put back on the shelf when you realized they were made in China.<br />
Best wishes,<br />
Buyhard Bob, China Boycott Union.</p>
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		<title>By: chan</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-21/#comment-1476293</link>
		<dc:creator>chan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 05:28:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Carrefour a Great French Culture? They eat a lot of snail too...?? I mean we can eat whatever you like as long it is healthy and lawful. Tibet is already free today</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Carrefour a Great French Culture? They eat a lot of snail too&#8230;?? I mean we can eat whatever you like as long it is healthy and lawful. Tibet is already free today</p>
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		<title>By: Jean</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-21/#comment-1476217</link>
		<dc:creator>Jean</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jun 2008 23:57:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Chinese kill the kittens and eat them and rats. How can they criticize Carrefour which brought them great French culture? Viva le free Tibet!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chinese kill the kittens and eat them and rats. How can they criticize Carrefour which brought them great French culture? Viva le free Tibet!</p>
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		<title>By: chan</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-21/#comment-1473799</link>
		<dc:creator>chan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 08:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I think Carrefour CEO should take all these valuable costumers&#039; feedbacks into deep consideration for their improvement...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think Carrefour CEO should take all these valuable costumers&#8217; feedbacks into deep consideration for their improvement&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: katie</title>
		<link>http://globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/15/china-boycott-carrefour/comment-page-21/#comment-1473416</link>
		<dc:creator>katie</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jun 2008 12:31:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>hello 

I have read many of your comments and find equal levels of prejudice and frustration on both sides of this debate.  By protesting against the Beijing government during the Torch relay, many Chinese people like their country and their pride has been hurt and because they dont understand the motives behind these protests they assume that it is a result of anti - chinese sentiment and jealousy of China&#039;s growing position in the world.  

The Chinese have come from absolute poverty and serious oppression and have managed in a very short space of time (mainly through plain hard work and sacrifice) to make for themselves a financially more secure future. and this is something that deserves celebrating, something that many Chinese hoped would be celebrated with them when they host the Olympics in August.  

However the worry for many people outside China is the lives of those in China who remain in poverty.  The reality is that if you are Chinese and you are writing in English on this website about whether or not you are going to shop at Carrafour or buy French designer labels then your world is probably as equally removed from China&#039;s poor and marginalised as that of mine, or any other &#039;outsider&#039;.  

None of us can pretend to represent these people unless we have ourselves lived with them, eaten with them and shared with them in their lives.  And the concern for these marginalised in the run up to the Olympics is real, the migrant workers and their children being sent back to their villages in large scale &#039;clean ups&#039;.  Dissenters being rounded up and imprisoned to avoid uncomfortable scenes during the game etc.  

Finally, I dont know what happened with the lady in the wheelchair during the Paris Protests but i have seen with my own eyes large gangs of Chinese students in both South Korea and Japan geting frustrated with Korean and 
Japanese protesters and actually beating them up, including one 30 something year old women in Nagano.  If in our frustration at being misunderstood or misrepresented we resort to violence we end up losing respect not only for others and but also for ourselves.

The reality is that none of us in the East or the West can from a historical or cultural grounds take the moral high ground.　All of our nations have made mistakes, have fought unjust wars and killed innocent people.    

祝你们奥运快乐！ I really do hope that the Olympics will be a success that it will give China more exposure to the outside world and will be a catalyst for change in the areas of China that has until now remained unhelped by the economic success of the east coast.

我也希望我们有一天可以一起用中文讨论这个议题。　给大数不会英文的中国人也有机会表达他们的想法。　</description>
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<p>I have read many of your comments and find equal levels of prejudice and frustration on both sides of this debate.  By protesting against the Beijing government during the Torch relay, many Chinese people like their country and their pride has been hurt and because they dont understand the motives behind these protests they assume that it is a result of anti &#8211; chinese sentiment and jealousy of China&#8217;s growing position in the world.  </p>
<p>The Chinese have come from absolute poverty and serious oppression and have managed in a very short space of time (mainly through plain hard work and sacrifice) to make for themselves a financially more secure future. and this is something that deserves celebrating, something that many Chinese hoped would be celebrated with them when they host the Olympics in August.  </p>
<p>However the worry for many people outside China is the lives of those in China who remain in poverty.  The reality is that if you are Chinese and you are writing in English on this website about whether or not you are going to shop at Carrafour or buy French designer labels then your world is probably as equally removed from China&#8217;s poor and marginalised as that of mine, or any other &#8216;outsider&#8217;.  </p>
<p>None of us can pretend to represent these people unless we have ourselves lived with them, eaten with them and shared with them in their lives.  And the concern for these marginalised in the run up to the Olympics is real, the migrant workers and their children being sent back to their villages in large scale &#8216;clean ups&#8217;.  Dissenters being rounded up and imprisoned to avoid uncomfortable scenes during the game etc.  </p>
<p>Finally, I dont know what happened with the lady in the wheelchair during the Paris Protests but i have seen with my own eyes large gangs of Chinese students in both South Korea and Japan geting frustrated with Korean and<br />
Japanese protesters and actually beating them up, including one 30 something year old women in Nagano.  If in our frustration at being misunderstood or misrepresented we resort to violence we end up losing respect not only for others and but also for ourselves.</p>
<p>The reality is that none of us in the East or the West can from a historical or cultural grounds take the moral high ground.　All of our nations have made mistakes, have fought unjust wars and killed innocent people.    </p>
<p>祝你们奥运快乐！ I really do hope that the Olympics will be a success that it will give China more exposure to the outside world and will be a catalyst for change in the areas of China that has until now remained unhelped by the economic success of the east coast.</p>
<p>我也希望我们有一天可以一起用中文讨论这个议题。　给大数不会英文的中国人也有机会表达他们的想法。　</p>
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