ack Cafferty is a goon, thug, and an ugly american.

China Whines…I don't think it counts as whining when an anchor offends, not only the Chinese gov't (which I agree has a lot of pressing matters to work on and improve), but the Chinese people AND those of Chinese descent, like me, a Chinese American.

Although his intension is still ambiguous, calling any one “goons” and their goods “junk” is already offensive and hostile. But the real problem is way beyond Jack. This is all part of the government propaganda. First is the former Russia, now is China, the government just want to keep all the attention toward to anything that threatens them. In the mean time they are off the magnifying glass.

JC is ugly and evil!

Jack epidomizes the Ugly American once again! CNN loses all credibility now.

Jack whines because he can't get laid… I am Italian and I live in China. I lived 15 years in the US before. US is doomed, we will kick your ass!! Go China!!

China really is an imature, insecure country. Millions of Chinese have born this out with there exit from their motherland over the years..all the Chinese that live in the USA but back China should return home asap..we will bid you a fond farewell and oh yes…watch what you say when you get there.

Stan and for any one else who is thinking like him, I don't think it is very smart to judge a country based on one groups decision. China is not immature, or insecure. In fact China has a lot of positive attributes that is over shadowed by this unfortunate event. But even with this event, I don't think Dalai Lama would prohibit the Olympic from taking place in 2008. Tibet is part of China, why wouldn't it want the Olympic to take place in China. As long the protesters are making a point with peaceful protest, I don't see why you have to make such a negative comment about the Country over all. It is a domestic affair, I suggest keep your comment on the topic and not on the country itself.

Actually I think Jack hit the spot. A a strike to the heart of the party. The communist party is a dogmatic type of government that forges humility, indignity, and ignorance into their people. The party's experience at its oldest is at their teenage years, learning and adapting, carrying with them only inhumane ideology. They tend to involuntarily show the world their odd defense mechanism. Jack is lucky he isn't a Chinese citizen. By the way Tibet is only a part of China due to the 1949 invasion. Since the Dalai Lama was exiled in 59, you can bet your ass the spiritual community of Tibet harbors deep resentment towards the communist party. It has been a pissing contest between the party and DL ever since.

Also when Jack said Goons, he was clearly referring to the Chinese government's vast secret police sector. Often these police are there to carry out objectives in a physical fashion, thus being referred to as goons. If any ambiguity was sensed from Jack, its either your ignorance of the Chinese Communist Party or Jack himself. "I once wanted to change the world now I just want to leave the room with some dignity." Screw That apology, give them more truth.

Shame on China
"Olympics shouldn't be about politics." China dismisses president of International Olympic Committee after failing to uphold Human Right promises when it won it's Olympic bid. I am surprised and disappointed at the president of IOC for his in-attempt to resolve this issue. The Olympic charter clearly states
"Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of
body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a
way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example and respect for
universal fundamental ethical principles."

For the Jeff guy and Stan guy, please refer to Cafferty's original words and then tell me how you infer that he's talking about the Chinese Gov't other than the Chinese People. It's meaningless for you to laugh at the Chinese voicing their support for their country. Were your families originally from the US? 200 hundred years ago your families certainly weren't in the US yet. If you have something you dislike about the US, would it be fair for me to say: go back where your ancestors used to live and quit being critical? America is a diverse society, all sorts of voices should be heard. In my opinion, Chinese-Americans should be more vocal to protect themselves.The radio/tv hosts who said foul language about the blacks quickly got fired. But in Jack Cafferty's case, he sits his ass tight as of now. Many people in America don't understand it's not that the Chinese Gov't gets pissed off, but rather, the whole nation gets outraged. Check chat rooms and blogs in Chinese for your own reference if you understand Chinese. It's nothing organized by Gov't. Each average Chinese simply feels offended. Talking about insecurity, I believe it's now the Amemricans who feel insecure. Try to find anything not made in China and good luck. Your gov't simply printed paper bills to buy goods from overseas and now the Chinese hold tons of American treasury notes/bonds in hand. Americans feel insecure just as they did when Japan began to rise and started to buy American companies and buildings symbolizing American pride. Bashing China doesn't solve anything. Instead, it makes things worse.

For those who know little about Tibet's history and who are misled by those "impartial" media, I'd recommend you at least can check it out on wikipedia.org, which is more neutral than any media. Anyone who belives Tibet should go independent should seriously consider returning America to American Indians, and Hawaii to locals. If you were really that democratic, then wasn't the decision by the South of breaking away from the Union democratic and voluntary? Why did Americans in North launch the Civil War? Think about your own history before pointing fingers to others.

I thought it was pretty clear that Cafferty's "thugs and goons" remark referred to the government, as implied by the subsequent qualifier "for the past 50 years."

Nobody's laughing at Chinese vocally protecting themselves. What provokes the giggles is the asymmetrical nature of the conflict. One of the world's largest governments is huffily demanding an apology from a measly little media corporation. There's no parity between the two entities, and it only serves to make the Chinese gov't look small.

TONY you obviously have trouble expressing yourself. Your last post is laughable. Please learn your eras.

Tony

Since Western media is impartial you can bet your sweet ass the Party will give their people unbiased truth. Like when "the Monks resorted to plunder, pillage, and arson." In reality it was their own "thugs and goons".

Yet another reason not to watch the garbage spewing out of CNN.

Meanwhile, while China opens up to the world, the US tightens up its grip on the world.

Give me separation of church and state any day.

I'm a Chineses American. I'm so sorry for Chinese Community will go to CNN building at LA, CA tomorrow to protest Jack's opinions against dictator communist government. Please understand that WE, Chinese people, have been brain washed for over 50 years, so 99% of us are not able to tell that Chinese Government is not Chinese People. Communist China has only ONE media and not allowed different voices for 50 years, they never protest it!!! If they do, they die, THEY DIE!!!. But Jack just said some facts that Chinese people cannot say to their own government, they get angry. I'm sorry for our people. Please forgive them. Please remember one thing: Chinese government is behind everything happened there, here and everywhere in the whole world. They are ONLY good at this. One thing for sure, you, American understand what "Brainwash" is now.

Look, Danny, or so-called American Chinese, nobody in china is brian washed, but it's pretty clear that you have been whitewashed. Lose your Spidey doll before you say something next time.

wow danny, you don't sound like a Chinese at all. Chinese people-aren't brainwashed, they know the problems that China has but they still support their nation. Really, America gets bogged down in Iraq and Afghanistan in a fight for "freedom", it went to Hawaii (and tried with the Philippines) and annexed it against their will, its WWII general threatened to bomb China with 50 nukes, AND Jack Cafferty says all Chinese goods are junk. Well guess what asshole, you don't have to buy them, in fact, you also complain about job outsourcing so why doesn't America get its companies to try to make the goods by domestically?

America- The best country in the world
Right..

It's not uncommon whenever Chinese voice their support for their country, someone would jump out accusing them of being "brainwashed" or "agents of Chinese government", which reminds me of the time rampant with Macarthyism in the US. Ignorance and malicious attack could only fan nationalism in China, which doesn't do any good to the anybody. Chinese people clearly know China has its problems, but whenever irresponsible attacks from Western comes, they become even more united. The mistrust dates back to too many unforgettable historic events involving the West since the Opium War (oh yes, how graceful it was to sell opium to another country and waged war in order to sell more). Calm down, focus on your own social ills and injustices. Listen to the world about how others think of the US.

Junk is for Junk.

I remember a few months ago Jack Cafferty was denying the Armenian genocide on his segment. Cafferty is a goon.

Responding to #2….
Chinese Americans should be American first and Chinese second. If they still want to be Chinese they have that choice. But if they want to be American, they should lose their allegiance to the Chinese government and be American like every one else. Stop the hyper-sensitivity when China is criticized.

I'm a Chinese in China and I want to say Cafferty is an old fool, an ugly racist and insane liar! I guess the guy should be careful after work from now on cuz he has offended all Chinese.

I find Jeff is a damned liar. How can you say Tibet was not a part of China before 1949? You know nothing about Tibet.Tibet had been a part of China long before USA was founded.What's more, your impression of communist China must be from the decades-old demonized propaganda. If you pay a visit to China,you idea will be totally changed.

danny ,you needn't speak under the mask of a Chinese American. Your acting is so immature,,

finally someone is telling the truth about chinese goods. when your children get effect by their products have the chinese government apologize to each and every family. jack was right. the chinese government knows what is going on and doing nothing about it. the people should rise up in china and take their government back. their human rights are terrible and the people need to fix it. the government is a bunch of thugs and we people in the u.s. put up with it. people need to buy u.s. goods only and teach china a lesson. go jack, go.

Wolf Blitzer: "…This is a very diferent China today, that would be inexistent 10 years ago, certainly 20 or 30 years ago. This communist regime today of capitals, regime of huge economic, super power that allows the United States to maintain the economic relationship with China."

Jack Cafferty: "Well, I don't know if China is any different
,

but our relationship with China is certainly different
.

We're in hawk to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq,

for one thing. They're holding hundreds of billions of dollars worth of our paper. We also are running hundred of billions of dollars worth of trade deficits with them,

as we continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export,

you know, jobs to places where you can pay workers a dollar a month to turn out the stuff that we're buying from Wal- Mart.

So I think our relationship with China has certainly changed.

I think they're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years."

Jack Cafferty: "Well, I don't know if China is any different
** JACK CAFFERTY IS SO STUPID. HOW CAN HE SERVES "SMART" CNN?,

but our relationship with China is certainly different
** YES. CAFFERTY IS RIGHT. 40 YEARS AGO, U.S. AND CHINA ARE ENEMY. NOW THEY ARE NOT ANYMORE.

We're in hawk to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq,
** YES. JACK CAFFERTY IS RIGHT AGAIN. CHINA WERE AGAINST U.S. TO DO THE RIGHT THING IN IRAQ. ANYBODY TELL ME HOW MANY U.S. SOLDIERS DIED IN IRAQ AND HOW MANY IRAQI PEOPLE WERE KILLED?

for one thing. They're holding hundreds of billions of dollars worth of our paper. We also are running hundred of billions of dollars worth of trade deficits with them,
** MR. JACK CAFFERTY SHALL NOT WORRY ABOUT TOO MUCH ABOUT THIS. EVEN IF CHINA IS RICH, SHE WILL NOT KILL PEOPLE IN IRAQ. AND SHE ALSO DOES NOT KILL CHINA TIBET CITIZEN AS RUMORED BY YOUR CNN REPORT. SHAME!

as we continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export,
** SORRY. MR. JACK CAFFERTY. CHINA AND U.S. BOTH HAVE CUSTOMS. YOU THINK THEY ARE DOING NOTHING?? THINGS IS NOT THAT EASY AS YOU MADE RUMER IN CNN

you know, jobs to places where you can pay workers a dollar a month to turn out the stuff that we're buying from Wal- Mart.
** JACK CAFFERTY IS WRONG. THE EVERAGE MONTH SARARY IN CHINA NOW IS ABOUT RMB1500 (THAT IS ABOUT USD200. BUT DON'T WORRY. ONE DAY IN THE NEAR FUTURE, CHINA'S SALARY WILL BE MORE THAT THAT IS U.S. DON'T BE JEALOUS. DON'T BE SCARE.

So I think our relationship with China has certainly changed.
** OHH…DEAR MR. JACK CAFFERTY…IT HAS CHANGED AS I EXPLAINED…WE ARE NOT ENEMY ANYMORE…BUT IF YOU MAKE MORE RUMORS IN CNN NEWS REPORTS…IT WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE…UNITED STATES AND CHINA MAY BE ENEMY AGAIN BECAUSE OF RUMORS LIKE YOU PRODUCED IN CNN REPORTS.

I think they're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years."
** OHH…MR. JACK CAFFERTY, DO YOU EAT WITH THAT MOUTH?

I'm a Chinese live in Taiwan.
I felt offended by Jack Cafferty's comment.
If you remember, American used to buy many things made in Taiwan. Now, they buy things made in China. Why? Because you American are cheap!
Ameican companies cut price down to the penny and sell you American at home by the dollars. See how profitable the Walmart become!
If things are junk in Taiwan, we don't buy.
Why don't you American make your own goods or buy from Japan or Europe, see how many household will start whining. I bet you'll miss made in China.

You got point Ganlin, all hail to Walmart! They weight money over their children!

In fact American physically kill far more innocent children than the toxic toys do. Period.

Human right is used as propaganda nowadays, to promote American economy, just like putting quota on Chinese imports. Afterall, the US is run by oil companies, not the White House.

If they really concern about child labour, they should stop using children in Hollywood or something.

It seems that Jack got so comfortable to be in his role to be indulged by his country with Freedom of Speech that he was unaware that people around the world can hear him.

I am Chinese and married to an American. I worry about my husband's safety when we were traveling in Europe amid some terrorist attacks. I never thought I would be the one who would be thinking he is safer with me, not the other way around.

I always wanted my kids to look more like him, to me, he is the most beautiful person in the world inside out, and he's got blue eyes and blond hair. But now, I often think my kids are safer because they also look like me.

Some careless Americans often don't realize their words and actions can cause more harm than they can ever imagine, not just to others, but in the end, to their own. They want the freedom to speak, but don't want to take any responsibility.

Offending people is the worst you can do to anyone and you end up paying the biggest price. I often don't understand why people can't be friendly. Smile doesn't cost anything and yet can get a lot done. Research shows nice people do end up winning in the end.

For those people who are encouraging Jack Cafferty without giving any thoughts on what the rest of the world is thinking about the Americans these days, I hope you realize you can't take it that lightly anymore. Not if you are a responsible person for you, your children and your countrymen. Things CAN get out of control if people are careful.

Young kids are listening, watching… without any control of any government. I believe Dalai Lama when he says he wants peachful resolutions. He is for Olympics. I am afraid when some young people get out of control, even the Chinese government can't help it in today's high tech internet age. Who knows what the hackers can do.

So, please, try to be friendly even to your enemies. You'll be amazed to see what a little modesty can do. Have Americans forgot some of the basic Christian values? I am not a Christian, but I do like to go to church sometimes.

Jeff…I'll put this lightly…you're a complete moron. That's all.

And to the person who claimed to be a Chinese-American: you're the one brainwashed by foreign media. If everyone in China was brainwashed, would you be on China's side too? And yet, here you are, apologizing for Chinese people's actions…we didn't do anything wrong. Do you see our news outlets putting down Westerners? NoOoOo. Also, there are the odd balls in China who are against the government. Where do you think they got their opinions from if they were so "brainwashed", as you claim?
I hope people mob Cafferty before/after work one day and make him realize what he did is utterly and inexcusably wrong.

To many "whitewashed" US citizens,

To slander and demonize China, especially the CHinese government seems so fashionable because that seems such a selfless act of sympathy and righteousness. BUT CHINA is NOT what most of you imagined or told by the media like CNN and Washington Post or something. CHINA is by no means under the rule of a totalitarian government as depicted in George Orwell's 1984. Actually, the novel 1984 was translated into Chinese (without adaptation) and published in China more than 20 years ago! Armed with the precept about the "terrible" human rights conditions in China, some Western journalists or citizens would rather believe the negative news about CHina than what they really see with their own eyes in CHINA! There may be some problems in China, but our government does not invade an innocent country and killed thousands of innocent civilians by lying about the "weapons of mass destruction", does not print paper rolls out of nothing to buy commodities from another country. BEWARE of your racism! Jack Cafferty is certainly a racist with his remarks of "goons and thugs", but a few of you would even agree with him! That terrible ghost of prejudice and chauvinist has replaced the benevolent Jesus in your mind. Jack Cafferty, ou are no better than Satan.

For truth about Tibetan history, check wikipedia. Truth and oil are ever above. I'd also remind you to check for the slavery and theocracy system before 1951. 95% illiterate, soaring rate of infant death, slaves sold and tortured like dogs. That's the "Shangri-la" of Tibet in your dreams.
For those who describe CHinese as "goons and thugs", look into the mirror and examine yourself.
For those who describe "made-in-CHina" goods "junk", congratulations. You've been eating junk, wrapped up in junk, surrounded by junk, so you ARE JUNK yourself.

Jack hit the nail on the head.

I hope the Chinese government take a closer look at the workers' conditions and benefits. Western companies do have the moral obligations to improve their lives after these workders have been sweating and labouring for them.

About 18 years ago, I was in Guang Zhou on a short visit with an American manager for Nike. I learned that there was no air-conditioning for the workers working in the factory. Summer is very hot in Guang Zhou.

I couldn't understand how anyone could survive in that hot heat, let alone work in it and I grew up in China. I asked my friend, he couldn't give me a good answer. I think he might've said something like: that's how the Chinese does it. I said: "but you know better, you are an American."

I have kids, I do go to the dollar store sometimes especially for party supplies. It's not all junk. Some of the stuff are quite good especially in an upscale neighbourhood.
I can't imagine how anyone can make any money selling stuff like that for that price.

I have some Chinese friends who thought about buying some stuff from China and sell them in the States. After looking around, they said, forget it, how can anyone make any money?

I bought a Chinese wok in a Chinese store. Later returned it after I found a much cheaper one in a big American chain store. I told the Chinese store manager that his wok costs much more than the one in the American store. He said he couldn't compete with the big chain.

Another Chinese friend of mine told me a couple of years ago that she was trying to do some business with Wal-Mart. I said: wish you success, you'll be rich!

Later she told me after making some trips to China: it's impossible for any middleman to make any money since Wal-Mart got everything figured out on their own.

I know many Chinese in the States are making money from Chinese tourists by showing them around the States. These Chinese customers are also searching for goods that are not made in China.

They do not hesitate to pay higher price for Western products that they cannot get in China and the quality that they can trust.

I know some Chinese in the States are making money not by selling Chinese goods to Americans but the other way around. They are buying Western products and sell them in China through mailing.

I live in Hong Kong for many years. The most expensive shops make money mainly from the Mainland Chinese.

Chinese also want quality. They are careful of what go into their house, their mouth. Supermarkets run by Western companies are everywhere. They want the big names to save guard the quality.

People basically want the same for themselves, their children. It's easy to find common grounds. For the lucky ones who can spend time here sit and type. The focus should really be the hard working workers, the ones without jobs or anything. What about them?

One more point: Chinese are not making junks. They are making EVERYTHING which is the BEST QUALITY FOR THE PRICE in all ranges.

Jack Cafferty, such a ugly evil person still stays there, comes out with dirty word, without being fired??? What he did has really been harmful to the "CNN image" and I can not stand seeing him on TV…..

Jack is 100% right - the Chinese Government is EVIL!

I checked the clothes, things in my house just to see how many of them are made in China. To my surprise most of them aren't. China has moved on quickly. There is no doubt in my mind Chinese people are smart and they can do wonders.

Ken,
Don't watch CNN. I've switched to Wall Street Journal online from CNN online.

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Another must watch video

Those who think Jack is talking about the chinese people when he referred to those 'thugs' should go back to grammar school and learn not to interprete it out of context.

I am from china. I think Jack is right. Those thugs will never change.

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Please watch this one. For those who still have any illusion about those Westerners. Please watch all the youbube sites

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The world is changing!!!

For anyone(including Jack) who thinks Chinese products are Junks, then don't buy them, if you are too cheap to buy otherwise, then shut up, it only shows you are the Junk.
For those of you think Tibet is not part of China, please at least do some research, if you are too lazy to even lookup where Tibet really is, then Shut up, Tibet has been part of China since over 700 years ago.
As for the goons and thugs comment, I'm not surprised most Chinese ppl were offended by it. And this proves Jack is a total idiot, and if CNN keeps him, that just shows CNN is also a total idiot. American think they have freedom of doing anything they want without taking responsibilities, such as attacking Iraq, killing innocent people based on lies "weapons of mass destruction", I suggest you find your own goons and thugs first before attacking Chinese.

As for the brainwash, I think it is the other way around, the real brainwashed people are Americans. Why do you think US government helped people like Dalai Lama to demonize Chinese? It is to cover up the complete failure on the US government's part. China is the country that has invested most amount of money in US, so if China does anything to that money, US government will go bankrupt. That's why you are brainwashed to believe China is completely evil, this is all politics.
As for Dalai Lama, I believe he is two faced. He says on the outside that he does not want Tibet independence, but then he encourages it behind the scenes. He also says Chinese deserve to have Olympics, he doesn't protest against it, but he encourages all the protest behind the scenes. Why do I say this, because Dalai Lama is supposed to be the reincarnation of a Budha, all Tibetan listen to his words. They would not do anything Dalai Lama doesn't agree with. So looking at how much they are protesting, I can see that Dalai Lama is behind it and is a liar. I have no respect for him. I have my full respect for the last Banchan Lama that past away 20 years ago.

To #45, ironically it's judging from the context that Cafferty was referring to the Chinese in general. In addition, it's natural words are subject to intepretation and if majority of the Chinese across the world feel offended, then it's sufficient to say this kind of language is inapporpirate. You don't need to go to grammar school anymore since you seem quite content with your English, but I recommend you try to take some GMAT/LSAT/GRE exams to improve your capability of arguing logically.

The study, published by the University of California-Los Angeles Feb. 8 in the scholarly journal InterActions, suggests that it is mainly Asian-Americans not whites who are held to a higher standard when top colleges use affirmative action.

Where such institutions have been banned from considering applicants' race, the study finds, enrollment of Asian-Americans has increased while admissions of whites remained flat or, in some cases, declined. The study, an analysis of long-term enrollment trends at several exclusive public universities, found that the Asian-American share of enrollment increased:

*More than 15% at the University of Texas at Austin after a 1996 federal court ruling barred consideration of race in admissions.

*More than 15% at the University of Florida after Gov. Jeb Bush persuaded the state university system's governing board to vote in 2000 to end race- and ethnicity-conscious admissions.

*More than 20% at the University of California-Berkeley, more than 10% at UCLA and more than 30% at the University of California-San Diego after that state's voters passed a 1996 ballot measure barring the use of affirmative-action preferences by public colleges and other state agencies.

Although David Colburn and his two co-authors consider themselves advocates of affirmative action, he acknowledged their numbers show "Asian-Americans were discriminated against under an affirmative-action system."

"For those who know little about Tibet’s history and who are misled by those “impartial” media, I’d recommend you at least can check it out on wikipedia.org, which is more neutral than any media. Anyone who belives Tibet should go independent should seriously consider returning America to American Indians, and Hawaii to locals."

Really? Did the first Europeans reach Hawaii and North American in 1951? Maybe I slept though that part of history class!

"Think about your own history before pointing fingers to others."

After killing 30 million people in the last 50 years in the name of Maoism, Deal with the log in your own eye before talking about the speck of sawdust in my eye!

Has anyone bought any Chinese made clocks, radio's, other electronic products, drills, other tools etc. They are absolutely, uneqivocally junk. The Chinese are building their economy on the backs of hard working Americans by selling their quick made, low quality crap to us. Thank you Jack for telling it like it is.

To Chris mankey: Your comments provide another example of rampant ignorance among your peers in America. Yes indeed, you must have been sleeping in history class, or you didn't study history at all. You didn't know that Hawaii became the 50th state only in 1959? Shame on you as an American. Give me a break and don't provide more laughing stocks. You know what's Yuan Dynasty, Ming Dynasty and Qing Dynasty in Chinese history and what's their respective relationships with Tibet?

When China was a unified empire in the East, the US was not yet born. Go to wikipedia.org and learn something. On American continent, where have those Amerian Indians gone? You make me dumbfounded.

In response to those who call Chinese products junk, anyone who knows a little about statistics understand that defect products are inevitable and only account for a negligble percentage of the total. Chinese are now exporting not only consumer goods, but also more high-tech and sophisiticated industrial products. Your shouting won't stop this trend, which is driven by economic factors.

I've always been amazed that in America there're so many knowledgeable economics professors who can clearly tell what tremendous benefits the free trade with China has brought to America, and how lower-priced products have fundamentally improved the life quality of the average American family, especially those relatively poor folks. But many common people obviously don't understand this. Personally I don't mind the US closing its door to all free trade and shutting its door outright. Enjoy the disasters by then.

When we were traveling through eastern Europe, we saw beautiful culture, beautiful churches. When we got to the West, I turned to my Western husband in shock and said: This is so boring! Capitalism is really good at erasing all cultures in a subtle way! It's all pop culture!

There are many interesting arts and artists in China and Vietnam that nobody can dream of finding in the West. When more than 60 of our students touring in the ex Soviet Union during Perostroika, we found the people there were so cultured, they were speaking French and many other languages, very informed, very artsy. Much more knowledgeable than the Americans.

I think what the American students got the most out of the tour was a Great party everyday except those international students among them who got best grades for their journals. I think Communism actually preserves culture better than Capitalism in many ways with some exceptions such as places like Thailand.

I remember David Tang from Hong Kong once said: He loves the history of China including the turmoils during the Culture Revolution. It's very interesting, it's full of human dramas, people were trying to figure things out on their own. Democracy is boring, Look at Switzerland, hundreds of years of democracy, what have they produced? A Clock!

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A more objective view from a Westerner

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A Westerner's point of view

Gao Zhi, you are brainwashed, Communism set China hundred of years behind. China would have been better off without a regime that controls what you think, how many children you can have, and brutally represses its opposition. If you think that's what the whole world should aspire you you should wake up.

I forgot, they also control what you can see, and read in the media…and what website you can go to.
I am sure you cannot travel outside China without the officials' consent.

Meok,
sounds like you never set foot in China.
If you don't know Chinese, don't pretend you know.
If China to allow its people as many children as they want, there would be no resource enough to support the population. What good it will be to the planet earth?

I think China should listen to the West. They should let people have as many kids as they want. When one Westerner asked Chinese leader: why China didn't let its people travel out of the country? The Chinese leader replied: how many millions do you want?

I think China should also let Dalai Lama be the spiritual leader for the whole country and hence the world. It's better for Chinese to worship Buddha than Jesus, a white man.

China should let Taiwan president to be a key leader for the whole country as well, so Taiwan can help to build the great China.

Ever wonder why the Mongolians and the Manchurians in China never seek independence? The Mongolians and the Manchurians invaded China, they became the emperors of China. That's a great way to unify and enlarge the country.

Japan was trying to do the same like the Mongolians, it got to a very large area of Asia. If they had succeeded, the whole region would have become Chinese given some time, not Japanese.

The ones who insist on Chinese being brainwashed, is because they themselves are so shallow that they'll never be able to understand complicated history since they themselves don't really have one.

The Chinese saying goes: trying to make a cow understand the music you are playing. Totally a waste of time.

hard working Americans ? that's something new.

Hi Ganlin Niya,

Even if Meok had been in China, people like this might have more in common with the chimpanzees. Their tiny brains can only hold or understand so little.

I think China should also listen to the West to stop making cheap products. Send those jobs back to the U.S. and the West because their poorly educated junk absorbing society really needs it. They should learn from Japan and Singapore to let their people focus on producing high quality stuff.

People like Cafferty hides behind freedom of speech and thinks he can say anything without taking responsibility. First Amendment right is very respectable. But it has its limits. Libel law is one. Do you remember that radio commentator who called a women basket ball team “ho”? Some think it alright for black rappers to use that term, but not for the white commentator. Eventually he got fired from the station. So much for first amendment rights. You would think he would go to court to defend his rights? No. He rolled over and apologized. Smart guy.

You seem to think the 1st Amendment protects people that use terms “nigger”, “chinks” indiscriminately? Think again. It only allows you the freedom from criminal persecution. It does not protect you from civil remedy.

It is ok for Americans to lambaste Bush. After all, the voters are his boss. So it is up to the Chinese voters to lambaste Hu. It is not CNN’s business to call Hu, the top representative of China’s overnment, “goons and thugs”. It is not any foreigner's business to call China a nasty regime, as if their own regime is any better. Ask the innocent Iraqis how nasty it is to be maimed and tore up by American weapon. Americans mourn over 4000+ dead soldiers. How about the 40,000+ dead Iraqi civilians? And the hundreds of so called illegal enemy combatants detained with legal representation for years in Abhorrent conditions? What kind of regime does that sort of atrocity?

If you want to argue that USA is better because Bush was elected and Hu is not. Think again. Hu is elected by an electoral college not the same as the US one, but similarly. Americans are just brainwashed by US media into thinking that everything USA does is superior to the world.

When the French stood up to the USA by not falling for the lies of Weapon of Mass Destruction in Iraq, what do the US populace called the French? Frogs and worse names. And of course French Fries became Freedom Fries. The French rejoiced over this as for decades, American insulted French cuisine by naming Fries French. As they did to Chinese cuisine by calling Sweet Sour XYZ and Chop Suey food.

In China, I kept meeting Western tourists who are pleasantly surprised by how freely Chinese citizens conduct their private life. The police there truly leaves you alone. You get a higher chance of being gunned down by a NYPD officer than by the “goons & thugs” in China. Don’t believe me? Look up the relevant statistics.

I don’t much care what Cafferty say. It doesn’t hurt me a bit at all. I am just sad that citizens of USA are misled by prejudice and ignorance of people like Cafferty. You want to know the truth? Go and find out for yourself. Go visit China someday. From L.A., it is as low as $799 for a 9-day guided tour, air-fare/hotel/meals/guide included.

Jack was right, keep your junk over there and let your own people gobble up that lead and poison plastic. That crap goes to wal-mart then straight to our landfills, it breaks day one.
When was the last time you heard good news come out of china?

since when do americans care about good news from other nations??

they only care about not getting fat and not getting caught with stealing movies and music.

Brian Taylor

You don't hear good news from China because American journalists are trash hunters. Do you hear good news about America from the media here? When I was in Philadelphia, the news about America got so bad, I had to turn off the TV and never wanted to watch it again since all I saw was rapes, crimes…

Many people don't want to come to the States because they don't want to be raped or shot. You live here. How many times do you encountered rape or crimes? Nobody is denying that these things do exist and need to be addressed. The news got so bad, I feel sorry for white men since they seem to be perverts who want to have sex with young boys.

You live here you know the whole true. But you don't live in China, you only get the trash news.

If your stuff break on day one, it's also because the American importers and consumers are trash hunters. They are cheap and they don't want to pay for quality. You should stick with American and European made.

American produced its share of trash. What trash from USA that crashes all the time? Windows. And they offered a fix called Vista. And it is a pig. At least the trash toy American kids get are cheap. They don't poison you if you are smart enough not to put shit into your mouth.

Instead of solving problems the hard way by communicating with respect, what is American's favorite solution? Shoot'em up. Rambo style. Hence you have the only 2 A-bombs let loose on 2 real cities. In today's standard, that was a terrorist act. Today, Americans still occupies Okinawa, and keep raping children there. Why you think the Okinawans want the G.I.s to go home to rape their own children instead of Okinawan kids? The Japanese government turns a blind eye because Okinawans are not really Japanese.

So After Korean war, US got kicked out of Vietnam. It quieted down a while to licked its wounds. Then older Bush taught Iraq a lesson over Kuwait. The older Bush is smarter than his son. He got out fast. He understood then the importance of keeping Iran at bay. Sure enough, these 2 could not get along and fought for years, leaving the rest of the world alone.

I shan't go into current state of Iraq and Afghan. Everyone knows what a mess it had been.

But then this Jack guy just want to pick on China. What did China do to USA? China workers work for $1/hour so that Walmart can sell $1 gadgets. Then to make sure USA can afford these $1 gadgets, China bought US T-bills. That's what Jack was complaining about. The bunch of "goons and thugs" pops up the US government.

If Walmart could afford to pay $5/hour, Walmart could set up shop in New Mexico and provide better products. Why not? Because N.M. governor would not buy T-bills. Hahaha.

You see, Jack is a true patriot. He understand it is not healthy to keep getting hand-outs from China. That is what Jack was whining: that China holds too much US paper. USA keeps on printing those worthless T-bills and pass it out to the Arabs and Chinese as future US$ interest and principal. Then keep depreciating the US$ value. Jack is so ashame of this that he bites the hand that feeds him.

Instead, Jack should tell Mattel to stop manufacturing in China. Tell US govt' to stop selling T-bills to China and Arab. Also, tell Microsoft to have better quality control. The blue screen is wasting billions of hours of the world's productivity each day.

and i don't think vytorin are china made, aren't they? prescription drugs are responsible for the death toll of 800,000 each year in america

More junk exported from the West to Asia:

Thousands of packets of frozen mussels have been recalled over fears they could cause food poisoning.

Retailers Aldi, Costco and Iceland have withdrawn the mussels, produced by Irish firm Bantry Bay Seafoods.

The Food Standards Agency (FSA) warned consumers not to eat the affected products as they could contain toxins known to cause nausea and vomiting.

The affected products could contain AZP (Azaspiracid Shellfish Poisoning toxins).

Sentences lighter than expected

NAHA, Okinawa — Three U.S. servicemen were convicted Thursday in the kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Okinawa girl.

About a dozen red-stenciled anti-U.S. base signs hung outside the court Thursday, some reading "American Animals Get Out" in English.

Even as testimony was being heard, record numbers of Okinawans took to the streets, demanding the immediate withdrawal of the 27,000 American troops on the island.

Okinawa Gov. Masahide Ota says "Some American troops still believe Okinawa is U.S. territory,"

The islands that now make up Okinawa Prefecture were formerly not part of Japan, but part of an independent nation called the Ryūkyū Kingdom. Okinawa's location in the East China Sea, and relatively close proximity to Japan, Korea, China and South East Asia allowed the Ryūkyū Kingdom to become a prosperous trading nation.

Following the end of World War II and the Battle of Okinawa in 1945, for 27 years Okinawa was under US administration. During this time, Okinawa's currency was the US dollar, and the US military established numerous bases on Okinawa Honto and elsewhere.

On 15 May 1972, Okinawa once again became part of Japan, although to this day the US maintains a large military presence there.

Why did the USA give Ryūkyū Kingdom to Japan when the Ryūkyū Kings were historically Chinese Subjects? The reason is simple: military and political convenience. If it were convenient, Tibet could be given to India, XinJiang to Russia, Hong Kong to the British, Taiwan to the Dutch, Hainan Island to Vietnam, or Qingdao to the Germans. How about Shanghai to the French? If one studies the logic of empires, "goons and thugs" would not be appropriate descriptors.

Simply ask the relatives of the Iraqi girl raped by American soldier and her family executed/silenced. These are convicted criminals. Case well documented. They can tell the difference between goons and thugs.

In yesterday's ABC News reporting Myanmar cyclone crisis, they display a list of countries offering (note, only offering) aid. EU/USA 3M, China 1M, Japan 750K.

I was wondering why EU was lumped with USA and found USA pledged only 250K. If USA is listed alone as China or Japan, it would be the last on the list.

ABC News certainly is a prime example of objective reporting.

Did you see the "goons and thugs" of Philadelphia? The 15 of them beating up 3 black guys. I wonder what the 3 of them did to deserve this beating of 15 minutes?

I understand they are doing similar stuff the British did to China (selling opium).

Should anyone be visiting the British Museum, The Louvre, or the Smithsonian. Do this. Try to guess how many of the culture relics are purchased legitimately. How many are simply the loots and spoils of "goons and thugs". And imagine what a sight should all these be returned to their former legitimate owners?

ABC News is being "objective" again, lol.

It commented that China premier WenJiaBao responded "surprisingly" fast on the scene of the 7.9 Richter earthquake in Chengdu. What is so surprising? Wen has been doing his job consistently for years. Surprisingly compared to what?

ABC News could use that term when describing Bush on the scene of the Tornado disaster in Oklahoma. "Surprisingly" fast response! Compared to what? Lol, compared to New Orleans … hahaha.

Mycent who is too much of a coward to leave a name says "I hope people mob Cafferty before/after work one day and make him realize what he did is utterly and inexcusably wrong." Your ignorance is your failure. It is obvious the truth hurts you to the point where u cant even make logical sense. it appears your feeble brain was washed, but look on the bright side u look like a rising candidate for the party. Zero class, but then again class and human rights probably never appealed to you since Chiang kai shek realized you couldn't be saved.