Are China's Out of Control Netizens and Protesters the Next Radical Fundamentalist?

Watching various online news sources, watching the swelling Nationalism turning into a brush fire amoung China's younger set, feel like I am watching, "Chinese Gone Wild" without the titties being flashed. Their seething anger over what they consider affronts by the world lead me to ponder, are these over zealous rabid pro Chinese neaderthals the new up and coming replacement on world wide terrorist watch lists that normally track radical Islamic Fundamentalist groups such as al-Quida? Is China really nothing more than Iran on steriods? It is amazing that so much energy has been expended on outrage over Jack Cafferty's honest opinion, backed up by some serious facts. China (their government) has a LOT OF GOONS in it as is witnessed by a You Tube video on this site showing Chinese border guards shooting Tibetans in the back. In the past year here in America the evening news on an almost daily basis was filled with stories about another recall of problematic Chinese products, therefore making the JUNK comment accurate. Instead of accepting this basic truth, the youth of China have decided to BRING US TO OUR KNEES, calling for boycotts of the UK, France, America, CNN, the BCC and of course Carrefour.

Here is a clue for these hooligan youths...you, and your country are not near as high and mighty as you think you are. As one example, lets say that the UK, France and America all stopped sending rice, wheat and milk to China for a period of say six months. Just for the fun of it, let America (China's biggest trading partner) slap a 50 percent tariff on everything coming into America...there goes your pricing advantage. The one thing people need to know about America is we are slow to anger, but once you REALLY PISS US OFF, we tend to lash out in a vicious manner, and are not known for losing fights when pissed off. Remember, we are the only country in the world that has used THE BOMB, and if you are foolish enough to think we would not use it again, you are very wrong.

There are ways of dealing with a bully once people have had enough. China cannot afford to have key players stop their food shipments into China, and cannot afford to suddenly have wholesale orders of their goods drop to near zero...as fast as your economy has grown, it can be destroyed JUST AS EASILY. So, stop your whining, and try listening to other's truths.

Fresh anti-Western protests rock China

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Fresh anti-Western protests have broken out in China, with angry demonstrators targeting US broadcaster CNN and French store Carrefour in rows over perceived bias, Tibet and the Beijing Olympics.

Protesters in Xian, Harbin and Jinan defied a huge police crackdown to chant slogans and hold banners that read "Oppose Tibet independence," "Oppose CNN's anti-China statements" and "Boycott Carrefour," a participant said.

"This was a patriotic movement, people want CNN and Carrefour to apologise," a protester at a Carrefour store in the northern city of Xian, Wang Zheng said.

"We oppose Tibetan and Taiwan independence and we also oppose the politicalisation of the Olympic Games."

As demonstrations continued, France said it was sending two envoys with messages from President Nicolas Sarkozy, who has been unpopular over his threat to boycott the Olympics opening ceremony.

Former prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin arrives on Wednesday while the President's top diplomatic adviser, Jean-David Levitte, is due to fly in next weekend.

Anti-French feeling was fanned by Paris's chaotic leg of the Olympic torch relay, while Carrefour's 122 supermarkets in China have been subject to boycotts over its alleged support of Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, which it denies.

Protesters are also lashing out at the CNN TV network over its commentator Jack Cafferty, who caused outrage last week when he called the Beijing leadership "goons and thugs" and slammed the quality of Chinese exports.

According to the official Xinhua news agency, more than 1,000 people assembled in front of the Carrefour store in Xian, while demonstrations also occurred at stores in the north-eastern city of Harbin and Jinan in the east.

The protests follow noisy anti-China demonstrations in London, Paris and San Francisco that have marred the international Beijing Olympic torch relay, an event aimed at promoting this year's Games.

- AFP