Today Sky News covered some news and called President Tsai the President of Taiwan. No doubt 1.3 billion non Taiwanese will be really upset about that.
I am sorry, China, for not having bought any of your products for 8 years (yes, no Apple iPhones, iPads, etc.( got a Blackberry made in Canada), no Lenovo laptops, no clothes (made in Vietnam, Bangladesh, El Salvador) a Panasonic TV made in Malaysia, an Olympus camera made in Indonesia , no food whatsoever made in China ,etc.,etc.) , for I value products not made by slave labor, with stolen IP and/or made with toxic materials.
I'm also sorry you don't take your own advice about "heeding the lessons of history" as you apply it to Japan and other countries you accuse of obfuscating the past.
I'm also sorry for having to explain to my children's college age friends from China about the "Great Leap Forward", The 'Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution" and the Tiananmen massacre of 6/4/89, and how many millions of innocent Chinese were beaten, tortured, raped, starved and killed by Mao and others in the CCP, because they never learned about it when going to school in China, only that these were "unfortunate incidents" without explaining any details whatsoever.
I'm also sorry you don't take your own advice about "heeding the lessons of history" as you apply it to Japan and other countries you accuse of obfuscating the past.
I'm also sorry for having to explain to my children's college age friends from China about the "Great Leap Forward", The 'Great Proletariat Cultural Revolution" and the Tiananmen massacre of 6/4/89, and how many millions of innocent Chinese were beaten, tortured, raped, starved and killed by Mao and others in the CCP, because they never learned about it when going to school in China, only that these were "unfortunate incidents" without explaining any details whatsoever.
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Nothing little, small or trivial seems to escape NYT, as long as
it puts China in some whatnegative light. I'm just wondering what kind
of light does it put NYT, or western English media, under on its reporting
on China? Fair and/or balanced, as they are claiming in Fox news? It
gave me a pause that if that is a paper that I should read.
it puts China in some whatnegative light. I'm just wondering what kind
of light does it put NYT, or western English media, under on its reporting
on China? Fair and/or balanced, as they are claiming in Fox news? It
gave me a pause that if that is a paper that I should read.
Oh, grow up--I am so tired of nations and religions unable to accept any criticism. Why are they so sacrosanct? Criticism clears the air. Makes room for reform and human progress. No institution or geopolitical entity has the right to be exempt from criticism. To claim such a right is merely the mark of autocracy and demagogic bullying.
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I apologize for turning China Dream into China Greed.
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It is very sad to watch China's nationalist surge, which is not new, but definitely "in" under Xi Jinping. Pathetic, really.
More generally, perhaps xenophobia is something that never goes away, especially when politicians who have little else to offer (like Donald Trump in the United States and, of course, Xi and his acolytes in China) stoke it to achieve their own ends.
Thanks once again to Ms. Tatlow for her excellent work.
More generally, perhaps xenophobia is something that never goes away, especially when politicians who have little else to offer (like Donald Trump in the United States and, of course, Xi and his acolytes in China) stoke it to achieve their own ends.
Thanks once again to Ms. Tatlow for her excellent work.
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I am sorry that this blog is available for the consumption and entertainment outside of bamboo curtain because facebook is banned inside of the Great Wall.
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I apologize for making the editors embarassed by telling the truth that Chinese people disagree with the separationists and their behaviours. NOT because they are faithful to CPC, BUT because they believe a united China will be stronger. This definitely frighten some people.
CCP not CPC.
I apologize for caring about genocide in Tibet and being unable to forget the Panchen Lama.
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I apologize China, for being so friendly and welcoming to your former citizens who have decided to move to my neighborhood, enjoy our freedoms, and become my hardworking open-minded, and democratic compatriots.
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My brother, I'm really sorry for the whole behaviors of Chinese government. As a Chinese, I sincerely want to let you know that Chinese government cannot stand for Chinese people, and we as Chinese citizens have no power to decide our governments behaviors. Please don't mix Chinese government and Chinese, they are different.
A Times correspondent stationed in Beijing reporting on a Facebook page... I apologize to readers who expect journalism, though they will never see this comment.
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They can see your posts. And according to what I witnessed, journalism is not what it should be like, even in here. I am so surprised to see that some people here are still thinking in a way that we would consider to be natural during Cold War. People saying no to Taiwan separation not because they are faithful to the Communist Party, they say no just because China enjoys a long history of Unification...And the Island of Taiwan(and some other smaller islands near it) have(has) been a part of China since long ago.
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To understand a country's population, I believe it is necessary to live there. I certainly have no conception of how the Swiss view nationalism. Recognizing my own insufficient knowledge of the Swiss culture and people, I would refrain from judging their beliefs and statements.
Judging the Chinese people is a blood-sport in these pages.
Judging the Chinese people is a blood-sport in these pages.
If everybody keeps Bowing down to the chinese communist party for their money, we'll all be living under their thumb. Especially in the US where elections are increasingly able to be purchased.
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Ehhh … people you have to understand the feeling of a nation which once dominated East Asia (if not the world), which was bullied (by Americans and many others) from 1840 onwards, which finally gains some strength but is systematically brained by the CCP. I'm sorry, but our sense of dignity is strong, and in some cases overwhelming, even fanatic. There's a reason why we don't trust the westerners, or why people choose to hug CCP that tight.
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So, having been bullied in the past, a resurgent China under the Communist Party's leadership is now justified in its efforts to run roughshod over the rights of many of its neighbours?
Not a very compelling world view. Nor is it a very flattering mode of behaviour for the Communist Party leadership to indulge in.
Not a very compelling world view. Nor is it a very flattering mode of behaviour for the Communist Party leadership to indulge in.
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I apologize for posting this comment apologizing to China when I clearly don't mean it.
Also, I apologize for the fact that I will continue to 'interfere in their internal affairs' and 'hurt the feelings of the Chinese people' in my occasional private thoughts when reading articles about the Chinese government's actions.
Finally, I apologize for reading articles about China while not listening to their national anthem.
Also, I apologize for the fact that I will continue to 'interfere in their internal affairs' and 'hurt the feelings of the Chinese people' in my occasional private thoughts when reading articles about the Chinese government's actions.
Finally, I apologize for reading articles about China while not listening to their national anthem.
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are the Chinese sensors checking these comments? will they hack into my computer? do I need to apologize for thinking why these people are kneeling and kao-tao-ing to the Chinese? you don't enable a bully. you stand up for yourself !!
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Look at the news then you know who are really irritable. It is time for us Chinese to say sorry for being powerful which hurt you guys. Enjoy your narcissism.
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I apologize for being a Chinese-American but living in America !
I am sorry that I have not produced intellectual property good enough for China to steal.
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I deeply regret that the authorities are so thin-skinned.
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Sorry China for I don't understand why you are so stingy in saying "sorry" yourself.
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I'd like to apologize for reading this article. Please don't ban me from Weibo, or decent Sichuan food.
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There is no place in today's modern society for ultra-nationalism. Patriotism? Fine. Nationalistic to the point of bullying and coercing people into cowardice and silence? Is the Communist Youth League no different from Mao's red guard? Are they trying to resurrect the lunacy of last century's Cultural Revolution? Have they learned nothing? They are an embarrassment to educated Chinese everywhere. That these cyber-army trolls are officially employed by the state shows China = North Korea = Russia = Iran = any country that suppresses free thought and speech, and will never be accepted as a first world country, no matter how much money or GDP they flaunt.
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Says who? Young, educated Chinese tend to be the most nationalist. Our education is actual education, whereas western education is values indoctrination.
If anything, there is no room in the modern world for social equality. The presence of nationalism, even with its excesses, are what keeps nations stable, hierarchical, and ethnically distinct.
If your definition of a "first world country" is that of failing western societies, then the ascending nations of the East are right to shun your definition of "success".
If anything, there is no room in the modern world for social equality. The presence of nationalism, even with its excesses, are what keeps nations stable, hierarchical, and ethnically distinct.
If your definition of a "first world country" is that of failing western societies, then the ascending nations of the East are right to shun your definition of "success".
Interesting how you use the term "ascending nations of the East" in your comment. Were you intending to refer to Japan, South Korea, Taiwan (which is the only part of the Chinese cultural sphere that has managed to develop a pluralistic political system, as imperfect as it may yet be)?
Or Hong Kong, where the Communist Party's ham-fisted rejection of pleas for a more inclusive political system, together with its apparent desire to overwhelm the former British Colony with its corrupt cronyism, have led to a surge of political awareness not seen there since 1989?
Or Hong Kong, where the Communist Party's ham-fisted rejection of pleas for a more inclusive political system, together with its apparent desire to overwhelm the former British Colony with its corrupt cronyism, have led to a surge of political awareness not seen there since 1989?
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I apologize for not being Chinese.
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哎呀！哎呀! I also apologize for showing respect and honoring Chinese who love China enough to risk suffering in jail and putting their families and defense lawyers in danger for loving and defending them. I apologize for not having their courage and being free to talk about it. I feel shame that I would like Taiwan and the people of Hong Kong to want to be part of China but I know they would be crazy to do so under the present CCP. I apologize for desiring Tibetan culture to be truly respected within China. If I were Tibetan I might not want to be under Beijing rule. I feel shame that I want Cantonese to be a protected and nourished language on Chinese TV and radio within China. I feel shame that I think and feel what might be heretical in both China and the USA. I feel sorry that I do not like how China acts as if it were the USA in the Caribbean Sea. I feel shame that I have not supported USA policy towards Cuba, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Mexico, Haiti, the Dominican Republic. 哎呀，哎呀！I feel shame that President Ronald Reagan supported his friend and dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the Philippines until he was forced give up on him. I am ashamed of our 1965 invasion of the Dominican Republic under LBJ. I am ashamed of our invasion of little Grenada under Reagan. Oh, and so much more! -Rudy
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Life IS about choices. There is no need to apologize if you did nothing wrong, or do not care about the Chinese market (there's that long line behind you, you see).
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"There is no need to apologize if you do not care about the Chinese market."
Fixed that for you.
Let's be honest, none of these celebrities would be apologizing if it wasn't about the money they earn in China.
Fixed that for you.
Let's be honest, none of these celebrities would be apologizing if it wasn't about the money they earn in China.
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Thanks Apple, et, al.
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It is my considered opinion that all nations should recognize that China is the Supreme pinnacle of wisdom on the face of the Earth and should show that they are inferior to the Chinese Superiority by setting apart one third of their country for Superior Chinese to use and show everyone in the world the correct way to live. I hope and pray the day comes soon when we do not have to go through the agony of thinking and the Superior Chinese will protect and guide us from cradle to grave.
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