On Mar 31, 7:10 am, ni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 30 Mar 2008 23:37:47 -0700 (PDT),RichAsianKid
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> <richasian...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/30/calling-china/?ref=opinion
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> >March 30, 2008, 11:13 pm
> >Calling China
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> >By Nicholas D. Kristof
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> >I think I'm going to write my next column about China, in the wake of
> >the Tibetan protests, and I'd love to hear from some Chinese readers.
> >For those of you in China, has the Times website been restored so that
> >you can access this site? I gather that it was cut off after the
> >Tibetan upheavals, but maybe the links have been restored. In any
> >case, my sense is that many Chinese -- whether in China or outside the
> >country -- are deeply indignant at U.S. media coverage of Tibet in
> >particular and China-U.S. relations in general. I get waves of angry
> >emails whenever I write about China and Darfur. So here's your chance:
> >What do we get wrong, and why?
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> Simple. You won't get anything wrong if you intend to do business with
> China. You will most certainly get everything wrong if you intend to
> do harm to China. It's what's in your own heart that really counts.
> You have no one to blame or thank for except yourself. It's entirely
> your call.
But China's not quite religion worldwide; America already is. ;)
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> >Frankly, it strikes me that China's problems are rather similar to
> >America's: an obliviousness to how one's own country is perceived
> >abroad, a nationalistic people who are sometimes blind to the power of
> >nationalism on the part of others (e.g. Iraqis and Tibetans), lousy
> >leader****p in the center, and a tendency to take steps intended to
> >preserve national security that end up undermining that security.
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> >What do you think? Are the parallels real? Americans are welcome to
> >weigh in as well, but In particular I'd love to get some thoughtful
> >Chinese voices.
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