tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post8775536858186321283..comments2023-06-20T02:25:36.578-07:00Comments on The Scholar's Stage: Chinese Are Partisan TooT. Greerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04621529800248145193noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-66271694596218154202020-08-21T09:36:46.090-07:002020-08-21T09:36:46.090-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Aditi Gurgaon Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16054998457102228333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-84180466400896898142020-08-20T09:39:59.781-07:002020-08-20T09:39:59.781-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Kriti Sharmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03977069462527772404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-30755675877580300452019-08-19T06:14:15.044-07:002019-08-19T06:14:15.044-07:00Ji Xiang : I mean, how do you explain Western lef...Ji Xiang : <i> I mean, how do you explain Western leftists and their tendency to be too fair-minded to ever take their own country's side in an argument?</i><br /><br />These aren't folks who are sitting arounf rooting for their country and its elites but to be fair, they grudging give opponents the benefit of the doubt. They're people who largely blame these for any problems in theirAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-46416634828596386912019-08-15T17:47:44.030-07:002019-08-15T17:47:44.030-07:00Mr. Greer: I read that People's Army Police u...Mr. Greer: I read that People's Army Police units are massing near Hong Kong. Have you heard what part of China those units are from?zednoughthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10393904003566355274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-17697334526424591322019-08-15T11:59:20.460-07:002019-08-15T11:59:20.460-07:00Propaganda tells people what side they are on. In...Propaganda tells people what side they are on. In this case, the Chinese people could have identified with the HK protesters--after all, the CCP has some terrible shortcomings as a ruling class. Even overseas Chinese students were thoroughly propagandized in their early years, continue to absorb CCP propaganda when overseas, have most of the their friends/family in China, and intend to return Crakenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13957512015110954726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-57453030640636276842019-08-15T04:53:36.076-07:002019-08-15T04:53:36.076-07:00Long time lurker, really enjoy your posts.
I thi...Long time lurker, really enjoy your posts. <br /><br />I think your analysis here is plausible. Here are a few other possible factors.<br /><br />1: Virtue signalling. Chinese mainlanders think that defending the motherland is expected of them. They have to be seen to do their duty.<br /><br />2: Second order punishing. If mainlanders do not "protest" or "punish" (or be seen Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-53085527719647032632019-08-15T04:21:04.131-07:002019-08-15T04:21:04.131-07:00Taiwan should recruit these protesters into their ...Taiwan should recruit these protesters into their military, time for another waisheng influx. It seems to me like an influx of HK "refugees" would invigorate Taiwan in many ways, though it would set them up for even more mainland backlash. <br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-58457999045487456082019-08-14T22:56:31.723-07:002019-08-14T22:56:31.723-07:00Is it also a possibility that the mainland governm...Is it also a possibility that the mainland government wants to antagonise the Hong Kongers?Evanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13355215688351759230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-11935682241607576832019-08-14T19:57:43.005-07:002019-08-14T19:57:43.005-07:00I was going to warn to archive those Tweets with a...I was going to warn to archive those Tweets with archive.today before they were gone. I guess should been more pro-activeChristophernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-56698198728881494602019-08-14T16:55:25.093-07:002019-08-14T16:55:25.093-07:00I think looking at things through an evolutionary ...I think looking at things through an evolutionary lens leads to a rather cynical and fatalistic view. <br /><br />Yes, people are eager partisans, it's true. But if you look at the modern West, at the very least, it is clear that people can be educated to appreciate the value of looking at the other side's point of view and trying to be fair. I mean, how do you explain Western leftists Ji Xianghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03406727999722525339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7378807093271153119.post-44609265072702591192019-08-14T13:32:52.980-07:002019-08-14T13:32:52.980-07:00I've never been to China, so I can't speak...I've never been to China, so I can't speak about it. From personal experience, students (not sure about immigrants) from China in the US seem more nationalistic now, or at least more vocal than years past. Not even too long ago, Chinese international students were stereotyped as likely apolitically quiet and studious, not really ready to get "in your face" about politics, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com