tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947578.post859264105624967154..comments2023-11-03T07:41:09.149-04:00Comments on China e-Lobby: Missing the forest for the towersD.J. McGuirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12301307129113882228noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9947578.post-59419452646387758382008-08-26T21:11:00.000-04:002008-08-26T21:11:00.000-04:00How very true is the statement:"the major cities a...How very true is the statement:"the major cities are the last place to look for the views, hopes, dreams, and grievances of the Chinese people."<BR/><BR/>Hong Kong, for example, has been mentally raped by Communist China and produced a great many of patriotic "middle kingdom men"(Zhong guo ren) who are swamping into some local blog sites that have exposed the Olympics scandals, alleging them being the mouthpieces of all "foreigners", particularly USA, who are jealous of the accomplishments of the Middle Kingdom (Zhong guo)(by which they mean the People's Republic of China).<BR/><BR/>Please note the tricky play of names by the communist regime to confuse geopolitical issues in that they use "China" and "Chinese" in English, but "Middle Kingdom"(Zhong guo) and "middle kingdom men"(Zhong guo ren) in Chinese. <BR/><BR/>As an example, while China and Tibet in English refer to two different lands, "Middle Kingdom"(Zhong guo) has been defined to include the province of "Si-Zang"(Tibet)<BR/><BR/>So when you debate with a "middle kingdom man" about a Chinese issue, you'll be hitting a rock and the stone-head man will only sneer at you for "prejudice".<BR/><BR/>How sad, but who's to blame?Charleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04240947196800983904noreply@blogger.com