Thanks for all the thoughtful feedback to my previous post. Your suggestions of overcoming East-West misunderstanding with multiculturalism (Alice Poon), attention to individual choices, within-group differences (Wu Di) and between-group commonality (Daniel) remind me of the Foreword written by former Japanese ambassador to the United Nations Hatano Yoshio for Nitobe Inazo’s … [Read more...] about Why are the Chinese so upset II: Being an internationalist
Analysis
The value of public opinion does not depend on its correctness per se
Note: This post is a translation of an article written by Deng Wangjing 邓王景 and published on China Youth Online 中青在线 on July 31, 2008. It is a response to an essay "public opinion is not always correct" written by Chen Jibing 陈季冰 on the same site two days earlier. In turn, Chen's essay, which is already translated by ESWN, seems to be a response to some even earlier articles. … [Read more...] about The value of public opinion does not depend on its correctness per se
Why are the Chinese so upset about the Western human rights activists and advocate journalists? Do not violate my Chinese feelings, or, rather, sensibilities.
After lamenting Western misunderstandings of the Chinese, their political arrangements and culture, it behooves to examine some Chinese misunderstandings of the West with regard to the attention their country has received from human rights activists and advocate journalists, especially in the run-up to the Olympics. Why are the Chinese viscerally sickened by the following … [Read more...] about Why are the Chinese so upset about the Western human rights activists and advocate journalists? Do not violate my Chinese feelings, or, rather, sensibilities.
Moving on without closure: The hardiness and resilience of the Chinese society
" China presses hush money on grieving parents," according to New York Times Parents of children killed in collapsed school buildings in the Sichuan earthquake have been offered cash settlements, relaxing of the birth quota and pensions by the local government. In exchange, they are pressured to sign a contract to give up demand for investigations into official negligence and … [Read more...] about Moving on without closure: The hardiness and resilience of the Chinese society
What would the Chinese government do or fail to do for the Chinese to revoke their loyalty and support?
Several blogs have summarized two of the key findings from the 2008 Pew Global Attitude Survey in China . 1. The Chinese are overwhelmingly satisfied with the direction of their nation, its economy and its government's handling of issues critical to their lives (often with consensus in the upper 80 percents). The Chinese satisfaction with the state of the nation has improved … [Read more...] about What would the Chinese government do or fail to do for the Chinese to revoke their loyalty and support?