Chinese Blogs, Netizens React To the Tibet Issue

Bibek Paudel writes "Over the past few weeks Chinese bloggers and people on Internet forums have been reacting to events in Tibet and the protests disrupting the torch relay. The BBC and Global Voices have interesting insights on the recent happenings on the Net. A western commentator says, 'Lots of Chinese people now view the Western media, human rights groups, and Western leaders' criticisms of their country as part of the Racist Western Conspiracy to Stop China From Being Successful.' One of the most vocal appeals by the Chinese blogs, forums, and text-messages has been to boycott French goods in response to the protests that accompanied the torch relay in Paris. One response post reads, 'Who is abusing human rights? Who is bringing violence to this world?' There also are two versions of music video of the song Don't Be Too CNN, and its lyric has assumed the status of a cult catch-phrase. Sina.com has a popular page: 'Don't be too CNN, fire to the Western media.' Many analysts believe that the protests over Tibet have only served to strengthen Chinese nationalism rather than evoke sympathy for the Tibetan cause. Sina.com has a petition against the Western media which has reportedly accumulated millions of signatures. There is also Mutant Palm, a blog by an expatriate in China who has been watching and commenting on the fallout from Tibet and torch protests online."

Comments

That's ok. . .

[smooth wombat]

I don't buy stuff made in China anyway.

Granted, I don't buy much of anything to begin with, but what I do buy isn't made in China.*

*Except for sunglasses and gloves. Still haven't found a way around that. Yet. But then, how often does one buy glasses and gloves anyway?

well it's all relitive

[oliverthered]

Surely the argument should be that the west is successful with a goodish human rights record and can't china be equally successful with an equally good human rights record.

poor branwashed masses.

Re:Uh..

[cyfer2000]

Some times I feel really confused. The Tibet before 1959 was a serfdom, Dalai Lama was the largest slave owner. He had two Nazi SS teachers. He was the teacher of Japanese terrorist Shoko Asahara. How come he has so many "Peace loving" friends in this country? Simply because he is a CIA agent?

moot point

[Weezul]

Chinese nationalism is besides the point. The protests are to raise awareness of Tibet in the rest of the world.

A consequence of that awareness is that westerners should consume less stuff from China. An immediate & desirable consequence is that the olympics are a "flop", ala Montreal, and fail to make Bejing a desirable tourist destination.