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Re: Chinese nationalists hit at Carrefour over Tibet

by xi <xieu.ling@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 21, 2008 at 07:39 AM

Thank you for your concern, but we know very well how to run our
business and how to teach to thos violent barbarians fro West what is
civilization.

On Apr 21, 3:26=A0pm, politico.a...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
> On Apr 21, 11:01 am, kingkong <hah...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Very Good to see Chinese "venting" their anger at France business
intere=
st.
>
> > The more "anger" they vent, the more they hit these innocent Chinese
> > workers.
>
> > France has substantial business investment in China Wuhan Heibei and
if
> > all French businesses such as
> > Peugeot Citroen and its big suppliers shut down and move, we will see
> > who will suffer in the end.
>
> > Chinese will lose thousands of jobs and these plants can always move
to
> > Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia or Malaysia.
>
> > South East Asia welcome all investment from France with open arms.
>
> > We urge France businesses to shut down in China and consider South
East
> > Asia.
>
> > Incidentally, most of these are France-China investment are JV and
> > nothing good has come from it.
>
> > Like what they said in France, Cest La Vie. You don't like Franch
Euros,=

> > we go.
>
> > lobert =C2=DE wrote:
> > > The customers are Chinese, that's why the "nationalist" ask them not
t=
o
> > > buy from carrefour. The more im****tant thing is the people working
the=
re
> > > are also Chinese, it will hit the Chinese workers, but it is okay !
> > > Just let them vent their anger for a short while.
>
> > > kingkong =D0=B4=B5=C0:
> > >> These Chinese "nationalist" must be quite stupid.
>
> > >> Carrefour hypermart customers are mostly local Chinese people,
their
> > >> products are also source locally, even their own workers are also
fro=
m
> > >> China, albeit from different province.
>
> > >> Aren't the Chinese attacking themselves ?
>
> > >> The worst thing is the Chinese communist government in fact
tolerate =
it.
>
> > >> Carrefour might lose a few stores but I'm sure many countries apart
> > >> from China would welcome having a few Carrefour store around.
>
> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > >>http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/21/china.france
>
> > >> Nationalist protests against the French supermarket chain Carrefour
> > >> spread across China yesterday, with thousands demonstrating outside
> > >> stores over the west's stance on Tibet. The authorities appeared to
b=
e
> > >> trying to damp down the protests, with the official media urging
> > >> citizens to be "calm" and "rational". Internet users said web
> > >> references to protests and boycott calls appeared to have been
> > >> deleted, or the relevant pages blocked.
>
> > >> Overseas, expatriate Chinese on Saturday rallied in Paris as well
as
> > >> outside CNN'S offices in California and the BBC in Manchester -
which=

> > >> are also accused of alleged media bias over Tibet.
>
> > >> Carrefour appears to be taking the rap for France as a whole after
a
> > >> protester in Paris tried to snatch the Olympic flame from a
> > >> paralympian during the relay, and because of a rumour that the
> > >> supermarket had donated money to the Dalai Lama. Carrefour says it
ha=
s
> > >> never given money to any political or religious cause.
>
> > >> Protests reached China's north-east yesterday, with around 1,000
> > >> demonstrators turning out in the cities of Dalian and Harbin, while
> > >> Jinan, in the east, saw a small protest. In Xi'an, western China,
mor=
e
> > >> than a thousand people waving banners gathered outside the
supermarke=
t
> > >> for a second day, chanting "oppose Tibet independence", "go China"
an=
d
> > >> "condemn CNN", according to the state news agency Xinhua.
>
> > >> Wuhan, in central China, also saw further demonstrations, with
2,000
> > >> protesters waving the Chinese flag and singing the national anthem.
>
> > >> Kunming, Hefei and Qingdao saw protests on Saturday. In Beijing on
> > >> Saturday, small demonstrations took place outside the French
embassy,=

> > >> the city's French school, as well as outside Carrefour.
>
> > >> All the protests were heavily policed and peaceful.
>
> > >> In an interview published in Journal du Dimanche, Carrefour's chief
> > >> executive, Jos=A8=A6 Luis Dur=A8=A4n, said there had been no
signific=
ant
> > >> economic impact, but the company was taking the situation very
> > >> seriously. It has 2 million customers and 122 hypermarkets in
China.
> > >> He added: "It must be understood that a large part of the Chinese
> > >> population has been very shocked by the incidents that have
peppered
> > >> the passage of the Olympic torch through Paris."
>
> > >> An editorial published widely in the state-run media called on
people=

> > >> to cherish patriotism "while expressing it in a rational way".
>
> > >> "The government allows people to vent ... but then immediately
reins
> > >> it in," said Barry Sautman, a political scientist at the Hong Kong
> > >> University of Science and Technology. "They are afraid it will go
too=

> > >> far." He cited similar behaviour after anti-Japanese protests three
> > >> years ago, but told the Reuters news agency that the pending
Olympic
> > >> games made the authorities particularly anxious to ensure the
protest=
s
> > >> ended as soon as possible.
>
> > >> The government also appears concerned about potential economic
damage=
..
> > >> After calls for the Carrefour boycott began, an official commentary
> > >> said patriotic zeal should "concentrate on development", adding:
> > >> "Thirty years of reform and opening up have created a China miracle
> > >> ... But we must be crystal clear that the future road will not be
all=

> > >> smooth-going."
>
> If the government think like you, then China is in a pitiful state. It
> cannot protest when it is being bullied because the foreigners will
> pack up and go and China will be at a lost. Think, Carrefour is only a
> supermart. Can't Chinese set up and operate a supermart?
> The future road will not be at all smooth-going. It will be worse if
> China's economy =A0is dominated by and =A0dependent on foreign
investment
> which is low-tech, low-pay and pollution-prone. The way to go for
> China is to be independent, to be an investors nation rather than an
> invested one. In this case, its economy is dominated by local
> investment and is dependent on local skills and technology, and
> Chinese investment are craved by foreign nations.
 




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Re: Chinese nationalists hit at Carrefour over Tibet
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