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Bibek Paudel
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 [0] have interesting insights on the recent happenings in the netsphere.
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 appeal 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 of the response posts 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". Its lyric has assumed the status of a cult catchphrase. Sina.com, has a popular page [1] : "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 [2] against the Western media which has reportedly accumulated millions of signatures. There is also a blog by an expatriate in China [3], Mutant Palm, who has been watching and commenting on the fallout from Tibet and torch protests online.
[0] http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/13/china-fallout-from-the-free-tibet-protests/
[1] http://bbs.sina.com.cn/zt/w/08/attackcnn/index.shtml
[2] http://hi.news.sina.com.cn/news/xizang08/index.php?dpc=1
[3] http://www.mutantpalm.org/2008/03/14/schizolympics-chinese-and-english-tibet.html"
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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 appeal 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 of the response posts 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". Its lyric has assumed the status of a cult catchphrase. Sina.com, has a popular page [1] : "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 [2] against the Western media which has reportedly accumulated millions of signatures. There is also a blog by an expatriate in China [3], Mutant Palm, who has been watching and commenting on the fallout from Tibet and torch protests online.
[0] http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2008/04/13/china-fallout-from-the-free-tibet-protests/
[1] http://bbs.sina.com.cn/zt/w/08/attackcnn/index.shtml
[2] http://hi.news.sina.com.cn/news/xizang08/index.php?dpc=1
[3] http://www.mutantpalm.org/2008/03/14/schizolympics-chinese-and-english-tibet.html"
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