On Apr 2, 5:04 pm, Raymond <ni...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Wed, 2 Apr 2008 12:35:08 -0700 (PDT),RichAsianKid
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> <richasian...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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
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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.
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> >Ha ha ha, that's funny!
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> Why is that funny when you can't even figure out the difference
> between a country and an organization?
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Would you say it again? I don't quite get it. <Pause>
Bwahahahaaaaa!!!!
Look, it's funny because first you pretend to be stupid, and now you
pretend to be angry!
But really, as Prez Coolidge once famously said, "the business of
America is business". That's so true. But China's an even bigger
business market as a giga-country. And you can probably purchase
harvested kidneys in some flea market too if the price is right. (And
I don't think there's anything inherently wrong about it btw just so
you won't misunderstand........as long as the transaction's mutually
voluntary)
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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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