Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue

Bibek Paudel writes "Over the past few weeks Chinese bloggers and people on Internet forums have been reacting to events in Tibet and the protests disrupting the torch relay. The BBC and Global Voices have interesting insights on the recent happenings on the Net. A western commentator says, 'Lots of Chinese people now view the Western media, human rights groups, and Western leaders' criticisms of their country as part of the Racist Western Conspiracy to Stop China From Being Successful.' One of the most vocal appeals by the Chinese blogs, forums, and text-messages has been to boycott French goods in response to the protests that accompanied the torch relay in Paris. One response post reads, 'Who is abusing human rights? Who is bringing violence to this world?' There also are two versions of music video of the song Don't Be Too CNN, and its lyric has assumed the status of a cult catch-phrase. Sina.com has a popular page: 'Don't be too CNN, fire to the Western media.' Many analysts believe that the protests over Tibet have only served to strengthen Chinese nationalism rather than evoke sympathy for the Tibetan cause. Sina.com has a petition against the Western media which has reportedly accumulated millions of signatures. There is also Mutant Palm, a blog by an expatriate in China who has been watching and commenting on the fallout from Tibet and torch protests online."

a little note

[Anonymous Coward]

please never use the word "netizens" ever again, in any circumstance.

thank you,
the internet users who aren't douchebags

so the french get it both ways

[circletimessquare]

do they call french fries fuck tibet fries in china?

Re:so the french get it both ways

[PinkyDead]

People's Fries.

Don't make China angry...

[Dreadneck]

or else they might start shipping us lead tainted toys, poison pet food and contaminated medicines... oh, wait.

Xenophobes being xenophobic - why is this news?

Re:Uh..

[Trigun]

I find it a slap in the face of democracy that China is allowed to host the Olympic games. This is a country that spies on its citizens, taps their phone calls, monitors pretty much all of the e-mail and internet activity of its people. They are responsible for the torture and imprisonment of people who have never been given the chance to prove their innocence. They have kidnapped people in foreign lands and delivered them to torture centers. They have consistently meddled in the affairs of foreign governments, to the point of overthrowing democratically elected governments and putting dictators in their place, merely to protect their own interests. Any time something bad is said of them, the person is labeled a foreign sympathizer and attacked publicly. Their people are blinded by unfounded national pride.

I could go on and on as to why those damn Chinese should never be allowed to host a tea party, let alone the Olympics.

Re:we have a winner

[Lemmy Caution]

Wouldn't that be Maonnaise?

Re:Uh..

[jACL]

Sounds like another form of Godwin's law:

As nationalism increases, the probability of being pissed off at the French approaches one.