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I hope you get some good hits on your site. Enlightening, as always. A year ago, I made friends with an English language student from Beijing who came to California. He said that he minored in Japanese at his university in Beijing. Strangely, later in casual conversation, he called the Japanese language a "barbarian language", and mentioned that a lot of Chinese don't drive Japanese cars because of resentment. Since these were casual remarks, I assume he wasn't being very serious, but it did illustrate the "mixed feelings" you mentioned in your reply to my post. 
Zettai Baka said:
Today, the world is so small and Japan is our closest neighbour. Japan is a big trading partner. Our Olympic hockey team is Japanese coach. Many of us drive Japanese cars. And Japan keeps traditional Chinese characters more than China.
I don't pretend I know European history well, but I do guess that history and relationship with Germany is more developed than our feelings and relationship with Japan. It will take time.
Tough to generalise 'attitude towards the west'. In general, there is considerable respect and admiration and perhaps a bit of envy for big western schools. I would say most students would certainly agree to go overseas educations over local schools if they could have the opportunity. And personally I'm happy that the students put high priority on English.
d) I think Chinese students do like to read a lot of news. Google, Yahoo, Reuters, BBC is popular... and Voice of America Radio is regularly english lesson for many. Since many of those news come from America, I get the feeling young students know quite a bit of America. The downside is that with DVDs being so cheap here (plus bit torrent everywhere), they're forever watching Prison Break and Desperate Housewives and OC... and I believe not properly making distinction between real and story. I am of the opinion that Monica, Chandler, Joey, Ross, Rachel and Phoebe have taught more English classes in China than 100 professors.
Crap, this thread is still going on?!
I have to say that China is Galactic Civilizations II's definition of evil: "A civilization that only thinks of its own advancement and doesn't care who gets hurt as long as it gets what it wants in the end."
I find China's government horrible and evil, though there is lots of great culture and people there. China used this Olympics to show and be more stuck up then before. Going back on its word to allow journalists to have free speech, setting protest zones (aka traps), falsifying the ages of some of its athletes, bribing judges to favor their athletes, making tourists disappear, it's sickening.
After the Olympics, China will resume its schedule to oppressing its people and trying to take territory from it's neighbors. A voice in the back of my head tells me that the U.S. should invade China just to end all this...
Nevertheless, I am already seeing a well written arguement from Mightgoobi, lol.
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I live in TOronto Chinatown in Canada, recently, i ask one of my mainland friends regarding what will happen to Tibet and Xiajiang after the Olympics. He said probably they will get their share of wrath from China after the Olympics. Me being a chinese myself, and also having been in the west for awhile, i mean over 10 years. I have always heard the problem about Tibet and more recently Xianjiang. My feeling is that as far as these two regions are concerned to the many Han Chinese, they pretty much don't care about it. In other words, it is not on their immediate radar of notice. With the problem of Tibet, all i can say is that when we were in school, in history class, we learned that there were close political ties between Tibet and the rest of China, this is before the Qing Dynasty. THere was a famous story about a Tibetan princess who sacrifice her own choices over the wish of the state to marry one of the chinese royalities so that a political alliance/partnership can be form. THere is also close religious ties. As a restul of thses stories and others, we have associated that Tibet and China and closely linked. But i am being vague here about the word "close", because such a word can mean dfferent thngs to different people. Is Tibet part of China. I personally don't think i am qualify to answer such a broad historical question. But does it have links to China, the answer is "yes".
So then..what should china do about the Tibet, well...i think the more important questions are..how do Han chinese and Tibetan want to live with each other. Obviously, there are probably animosity between Tibetans and Han chinese in some regions. I read in the news in some parts of sichuan province where there are tibetan towns, Hans and Tibetans mingle with each other very well. I don't know if that is the exception or the rule. Anyways, i think it is more important that the majority of han chinese think long term how to resolve the Tibet issue, and also for Tibet to think about the pros and cons of separating from China. I am not advocating separation, and i don't think many chinese would like to see Tibet being broken up from China. But what we wish and what sometimes reality dishes to us are two different stories. Right now, the situtation is less than pleasant, and is not even thawing.
I don't know much about XIanjiang, but i would imagine that everyone in china should really take a close look at each other and see if they are to live with each other and coexist in a peaceful manner, how can the two group benefit each other.
It is very easy to just wish that.."oh...such and such region are part of china for X thousand of years. sooo live with it." But to deal with teh consequence of reality is much harder than just simple admonishment. China has many options before and now. I hope what the government chooses will deflate the situation soon. Because it is to no ones benefits. Something like this can only breed resentment amongst the Tibetant if left unattended, and not only Tibetans, but also amongst the chinese people. I can say the same thing about Xianjiang too. I just hope in the end, China don't have to resort to methods use by the Russians.
After the former, I doubt the latter will be a problem.
My personal take on this often raised topic, is that it is fantasy to even think let alone believe that 1.3Billion people can be moved against their will - permanently - down a track they do not wish to go. That China is changing - and fast - is self evident, and they cannot do in 40 years what took (for example) over 150 years to get anywhere near the end result of Democracy in the US. In the interim there will be much that can easily be sniped at, does not take much thought.
I believe they have started down a road they cant turn back on - the people will, in the end, not allow it. To continue down that road, economic expansion has to be the first and foremost priority if they are to create the resource and wherewithal to continue. So, yup lots of things they can do, but all takes time - China is already no where near what it was in the 70's during the Cultural Revolution, and has moved visibly and permanently away from that silliness. The latter is an immense leap in 30 years.
Having already adopted an increasingly Capitalist economic model that grows by the day, I have no doubt the next 30 years will be just as profound in the changes - it has to be to survive and grow in the 21st Century, they know it, so does the rest of the world who are increasingly doing business with a slowly reforming and growing Country.
The IOC President said all very clearly in his closing speech " A truly exceptional Games"
Take a bow, that was a very impressive Games, the best I have seen since I can remember the first I saw in 1960. There will inevitably be some who try to rain on the parade, but those boring people will be like King Canute holding back the tide. It was a great job well done.
For me, the lasting memory will be the participation and enthusiasm of the volunteers, no one can mask, hide or fake genuine enthusiasm in body language. That has been verified by all the reports from a myriad of sources that also have been so impressed by the keenness displayed in the population, and in their efforts to make it a success, not only in the main stadiums, but in particular in the teeming thousands of volunteer hosts around the cities and events helping visitors and tourists.
Stand tall mightygoobi, you guys did real good 
A report from Western media (reference support from the Chinese people) for once reporting the good in China not just the bad:
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