tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947578.post8475964247898028490..comments2023-11-03T07:41:09.149-04:00Comments on China e-Lobby: More bad news for the cadresD.J. McGuirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12301307129113882228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947578.post-84298236051685135152008-08-20T12:22:00.000-04:002008-08-20T12:22:00.000-04:00I'm in China, so I won't leave contact info, sorry...I'm in China, so I won't leave contact info, sorry.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I've been reading your posts for a while and comparing to my personal experience here. On one hand, I think in Beijing, the feeling is still quite euphoric, with foreigners and with Chinese, everyone is pretty excited about the games. <BR/><BR/>But with my friends outside of Beijing, in Tianjin, Shenzhen, Changsha...everywhere I know people, there is little interest in the games. Does it mean people will be angry? It depends on how the government goes about parading it's gold through the country in the coming months, I reckon.<BR/><BR/>I've got some good friends at official party newspapers here, and it has been interesting to see how much influence the central propaganda bureau has had on their publications. When Liu Xiang dropped out of the race, half of their Olympic coverage was sent back for redesign with the instruction from beyond their chief editor to reduce focus on Liu Xiang. Similar moves have come on all sorts of topics. Weird, eh?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com