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Re: OT: Yahoo- apparently now an extension of the Chinese govt secretpolice....

  • From: Gadi Evron
  • Date: Wed Sep 07 23:28:48 2005 
Bob Arthurs wrote:


I should add that my original statement pertains to (obviously) the Chinese *government* alone! I am concerned about the repression that the Chinese people experience, and the basic freedoms that they lack.

As far as 'China hate' is concerned- this definately doesn't apply to me- many of my friends are from mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. I
And I am sure none of us are actually China haters or gay bashers, many of my friends are gay, too!

lived for many years in the area, and speak pretty passable Mandarin myself (was pretty fluent, but it has deteriorated a bit, I'm afraid!). So, love the Chinese people, their culture, and history - resent the Chinese government's repression (though I personally believe the Hu Jin Tao *may* turn out to be a great improvement on leaders such as Jiang Zemin, Deng Xiaoping, and obviously Mao Zedong- I hear that Hu Jin Tao even met Hu Yaobang's widow, and plans a commemoration in the Great Hall of the People!!).
Still, China is by its own right a country with its own laws. You don't have to agree with them but that's how it is. B*ching about it here told me nothing of operational problems anyone faces except for over-zealous political opinions.

Want to bring the Israeli-Palestinian conflict up too?

Gadi.