On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:35:08 -0700 (PDT), RichAsianKid
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>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
>>
>> >> >By Nicholas D. Kristof
>>
>> >> >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?
>>
>> >> 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. ;)
>>
>> Would you say it again? I don't quite get it.
>>
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>Ha ha ha, that's funny!
Why is that funny when you can't even figure out the difference
between a country and an organization?
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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.
>>
>> >> >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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