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Originally Posted by HOZ
Great article on Chinese nationalism.
If the tough tactics have startled the outside world, the Communist Party for now seems more concerned with rallying domestic opinion by using and responding to the deep strains of nationalism in Chinese society. Playing to national pride, and national insecurities, the party has used censorship and propaganda to position itself as defender of the motherland - and block any examination of Tibetan grievances or its own performance in the crisis.
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Oddly enough some of China's bigger supporters on this board also chide George W Bush for doing the same thing but yet give the Reds the benefit of the doubt.