The idea that the Chinese people, as a whole, are engaged in struggle, overcoming shame, or that every individual is responsible for the fate of the nation goes back before the Communist era. Since 1949, these ideas have been intensified, but it didn’t start there. And now’s a good time to remember it, because the 80th anniversary of the Jinan Incident is coming up next weekend. The Jinan Incident, on May 3rd 1928, was a brutal clash between Chinese and Japanese troops that both sides, it seems, wanted to avoid but failed. Kuomintang forces ended up retreating from the city, and the Kuomintang government declared May 3rd to be National Humiliation Day. A boycott of Japanese goods followed.
The website calls for Chinese Canadians to renounce their citizenship and provides links on how to do so. It also argues that the Canadian citizenship pledge is unpatriotic for Chinese since one swears allegiance to the Queen of England, who is the chief representative of Western colonialism, since England took part in the Opium War and humiliated the nation. The website doesn’t appear to give any information as to who has actually done this, or a forum for discussion.
This seems like a really bad idea, considering Yang Hengjun’s brilliant call for media reform in China and increased efforts to reach the true masters of Western media, the audience themselves. Curling into a ball and retreating to China doesn’t seem like it would help with that sort of engagement.
davesgonechina: @isaac zh.wikipedia.org blocked in Fujian11 hours ago
davesgonechina: @lokmant My source says "hoerenbuurt" and "check the little green book to see if there's an "n" or not"1 day ago
davesgonechina: Just saw Dark Matter. Little undercooked in parts, but generally liked it.3 days ago
davesgonechina: If there were a Beijing version of the famous New Yorker cover "View of the World", would the rest of China be a large cloud of smog?4 days ago
davesgonechina: NIN Google Map showing downloads of The Slip in East Asia link5 days ago