On Apr 2, 1:06 am, Raymond <ni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:08:59 -0700 (PDT),RichAsianKid
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> <richasian...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >On Mar 31, 7:10 am, ni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> >> 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.
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> >But China's not quite religion worldwide; America already is. ;)
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> Would you say it again? I don't quite get it.
>
Ha ha ha, that's funny!
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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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