Beijing Olympics Quote Of The Day
Posted by Dan on August 19, 2008 at 12:55 AM
James Fallows telling us not to worry about the plethora of "I love China" decals we are seeing on so many Chinese people's faces:
History is full of examples of "rising national powers" getting the big head, feeling arrogant, and doing dangerous things. That's not the main feeling I get here. It's negative Chinese nationalism, like what appeared after the protests over the Olympic torch relay in April, that we should worry about. So a confident China is to be congratulated; a victimized-feeling China is the one to be feared.
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You have to love Fallows, a guy who has been in China a relatively short time, and yet he GETS it, and can articulate China better than almost all of us.
I wish he'd stay longer, but he's a short-timer.
Posted by: David | August 20, 2008 5:07 AM