{"id":5071,"date":"2008-12-11T12:14:43","date_gmt":"2008-12-11T04:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danwei.webfactional.com\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2008-12-11T12:14:43","modified_gmt":"2008-12-11T04:14:43","slug":"a_map_of_hurt_feelings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laodanwei.org\/wp\/foreign-affairs\/a_map_of_hurt_feelings.php","title":{"rendered":"Mapping the hurt feelings of the Chinese people"},"content":{"rendered":"

China’s blogs and online forums have reacted in different ways to the official indignation over French President Nicolas Sarkozy’s meeting with the D\u0430l\u0430i L\u0430m\u0430.<\/p>\n

Boycotts, which played a large role in the anti-French sentiment during the Olympic torch relay earlier this year, were the subject of heated discussion (see Global Voices Online<\/a> for more details).<\/p>\n

But other netizens were inspired by the words of the deputy foreign minister; “The meeting grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs, severely undermined China’s core interests, gravely hurt the feelings of the Chinese people and damaged the political basis of China-France and China-EU relations.”<\/p>\n

How many times have the Chinese people’s feelings been hurt, anyway? Blogger FangKC searched through the electronic archives of the People’s Daily<\/i> between 1946 and 2006 and discovered that 19 countries and organizations have been accused of hurting the feelings of the Chinese people:<\/p>\n

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  1. Japan: 47 times, starting in 1985<\/li>\n
  2. USA: 23 times, starting in 1980, when Los Angeles flew the ROC flag<\/li>\n
  3. NATO: 10 times, mostly relating to the 1999 Belgrade embassy bombing<\/li>\n
  4. India: 7 times, starting in 1986 and mostly relating to border issues<\/li>\n
  5. France: 5 times, starting in 1989<\/li>\n
  6. Nobel Committee: 4 times<\/li>\n
  7. Germany: 3 times, starting with a meeting with the D\u0430l\u0430i L\u0430m\u0430 in 1990<\/li>\n
  8. Vatican City: 3 times, starting in 2000<\/li>\n
  9. EU: 2 times, starting in 1996<\/li>\n
  10. Guatemala: 2 times, both in 1997<\/li>\n
  11. Indonesia: in 1959, when a newspaper inflamed anti-Chinese sentiment<\/li>\n
  12. Albania: in 1978, for criticism of Chairman Mao and the Chinese Communist Party<\/li>\n
  13. Vietnam: in 1979, for a high official’s slander of China<\/li>\n
  14. UK: in 1994, over the Taiwan issue<\/li>\n
  15. The Netherlands: in 1980, over the government authorizing a company to provide submarines to Taiwan<\/li>\n
  16. Iceland: in 1997, for allowing Lien Chan to visit<\/li>\n
  17. Jordan: in 1998, for allowing Lien Chan to visit<\/li>\n
  18. Nicaragua: in 1995, for supporting Taiwan’s bid to join the UN<\/li>\n
  19. South Africa: in 1996, for proposing a two-China policy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Feeling that FangKC had undercounted, blogger Arctosia at Bear’s Blog created this map of countries that “have been clearly fingered by state media or representatives of the Chinese government of hurting the feelings of the Chinese people.”<\/p>\n

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    Countries that have hurt the feelings of the Chinese people in black (Arctosia<\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    The blogger, who also keeps an English-language blog about life in New Zealand, listed 42 countries by region and provided citations (we’ve just reproduce the list of names):<\/p>\n