This is so outrageous that it's hard for me to figure out where to
start.
You say that you like and respect what I write, except when I
criticize China.
So I assume you like it when I criticize America, or criticize Greece,
or criticize France, or criticize Egypt, or criticize Israel, or
criticize Iran, or criticize Pakistan, or criticize Russia, or
criticize Kenya, or criticize Wall Street. You like and respect those
criticisms.
I comment on dozens of countries around the world, and most of my
comments are criticisms. That's perfectly OK with you. You like
that.
But criticize China? Oh, no. You don't like that. You want me to
single out China for special treatment, and make China the only
country in the world that I don't criticize. Why do you think I would
EVER agree to that?
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Suppose that several American generals made some remark similar to,
"Let's kill a chicken to scare the monkeys." What would happen then?
I would criticize those remarks. In fact, there would be worldwide
outrage. Even the NY Times, which is practically an arm of the Obama
administration, would be outraged. Politicians and analysts around
the world would condemn the remarks. President Obama would publicly
criticize the generals who made those remarks, and emphasize that
those remarks don't represent Washington's policy.
So, where's the article in the Global Times expressing outrage, and
criticizing the Chinese generals' remarks? Where's the statement by
Hu Jintao or Xi Jinping publicly criticizing the generals who made
those remarks, emphasizing that those remarks don't represent
Beijing's policy?
The answer is that those articles and statements don't exist. And the
reason that they don't exist is because the generals' remarks DO
REPRESENT Beijing's policy.
Your own remarks illustrate the same problem. You could have
criticized and condemned the generals' remarks. You could have
written to me, "John, on behalf of all Chinese people, I apologize to
you and all Americans for the outrageous remarks made by the Chinese
generals."
But you didn't do that. Instead of criticizing the generals'
war-mongering comments, you criticize me and call me a "fool" for
MERELY QUOTING the Chinese generals' remarks. So as far as you're
concerned, the Chinese generals can threaten war all they want, and
that's perfectly OK with you. You would never criticize the Chinese
generals. You criticize me for QUOTING the Chinese generals. That's
the height of hypocrisy.
That's the same hypocrisy we see in Beijing all the time. China can
threaten war, attack Vietnam and Philippine ships, implement a massive
military buildup, preparing for war with the United States, and that's
OK, but if anyone merely SAYS what China is doing, they're called a
warmonger.
That's the same technique that the Nazis used - claiming that there
was no military buildup, that they were peaceful, that they were only
defending themselves and they were only reclaiming land that was
historically theirs in Czech-oslovakia. The Nazis were "peaceful"
until they launched the war. That's what China is doing.
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tx wrote:
> How can you hate chinese who make so many cheap goods for the
> world while earn so little? Here on the US side, plenty of Chinese
> born US citizens do scientific research for the US company and
> government. Most of them don't even care about the politics due to
> the environment when they grew up in China. What harm can they do
> to the US? I am not afraid at all, but if I say the tendency that
> you are indirectly help to create another type of Holocaust here
> in the United States against Chinese, Would you deny? Please do
> not just say I report, you decide.
I do not hate Chinese-Americans or ordinary Chinese people, and I
don't know anybody who does. If you've received some discrimination
because you're Chinese, then I apologize on behalf of all Americans.
However, to suggest the possibility of a "Holocaust here in the United
States against Chinese" is total fantasy. However, I'll address this
general issue.
During WW II, after the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, and after the
Japanese maimed and tortured and murdered Americans on the Bataan
Death March, there was no Holocaust against the Japanese. Many
Japanese-Americans were interned in camps, and even this is still
considered to be a major historical embarrassment for America. But
there was no Holocaust.
Even though we were at war against the Nazis, there was no Holocaust
in America against the Germans. Germans were not even interned. In
fact, many German-Americans turned against the Nazis and supported the
American war effort against the Nazis. Probably Albert Einstein was
the most famous example.
Even though you don't care about politics, and you don't want to think
about it, I believe that in your heart you're very well aware that
China is planning to attack the United States. I don't blame you for
not wanting to think about it, because you know that at some point you
and other Chinese-Americans are going to have to make a choice whether
to betray China or to betray the United States. I hope you find a way
to make the right choice.
As for me, I'll continue to write about China's military statements
and behavior, and that China is making a historic mistake that will be
a disaster for China, for America, and the entire world.