Comments on: US: Beijing Olympics Give Totalitarianism Bad Name http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html This is China Fri, 25 Jul 2008 05:47:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: EHM http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-978 EHM Tue, 25 Mar 2008 16:11:19 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-978 Coming originally from South Africa (you bet!! - a hotbed of crime - 5 personal friends car-jacked on separate occasions by gunpoint), I find it really strange that not once in the years I have lived in China have i been exposed to anything remotely like what I have personally seen in violent crime either in SA or the time I have been in the USA. Makes u think dunnit?! Coming originally from South Africa (you bet!! - a hotbed of crime - 5 personal friends car-jacked on separate occasions by gunpoint), I find it really strange that not once in the years I have lived in China have i been exposed to anything remotely like what I have personally seen in violent crime either in SA or the time I have been in the USA. Makes u think dunnit?!

]]> By: hehe http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-963 hehe Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:10:28 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-963 Josh, It is abosolutely outrageous to say those negative things against a democratic department of states of a democratic nation, after all, it is all democratic. Josh,

It is abosolutely outrageous to say those negative things against a democratic department of states of a democratic nation, after all, it is all democratic.

]]> By: Josh http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-958 Josh Sun, 23 Mar 2008 00:30:54 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-958 @CLB The main point was about the surveillance. @CLB

The main point was about the surveillance.

]]> By: Larry http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-955 Larry Sat, 22 Mar 2008 14:12:29 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-955 There are plenty of warning to American citizens about travelling in the States too. China issues a lot of warning to Chinese about reading of US publication and media as well. And I am sure the Chinese government is totally fair and balanced and all that, of course. And of course, you don't need to take any precaution in China. There is no crime whatsoever, and every hotel room is perfectly clean. There are plenty of warning to American citizens about travelling in the States too. China issues a lot of warning to Chinese about reading of US publication and media as well. And I am sure the Chinese government is totally fair and balanced and all that, of course. And of course, you don’t need to take any precaution in China. There is no crime whatsoever, and every hotel room is perfectly clean.

]]> By: China Law Blog http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-954 China Law Blog Sat, 22 Mar 2008 13:40:03 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-954 You are not being the least bit fair. The job of the State Department is to warn travellers of potential hazards and that is all that is being done here. Nobody is saying China is a hotbed of crime, just that visitors should be careful. I have seen this sort of thing said about places like Italy on the State Department website. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and not everything is politics! You are not being the least bit fair. The job of the State Department is to warn travellers of potential hazards and that is all that is being done here. Nobody is saying China is a hotbed of crime, just that visitors should be careful. I have seen this sort of thing said about places like Italy on the State Department website.

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and not everything is politics!

]]> By: Glen http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-949 Glen Sat, 22 Mar 2008 12:06:40 +0000 http://cupofcha.com/2008/03/22/us-beijing-olympics-give-totalitarianism-bad-name.html#comment-949 You hit the nail on the head, my friend! Americans who complain about China can look in their own backyard first. It's outrageous. You hit the nail on the head, my friend! Americans who complain about China can look in their own backyard first. It’s outrageous.

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