From Mia Farrow to François Bayrou to US Congressmen, every news or report about boycotting Beijing Olympics has provoked rounds of anger from China's netizens.
In a widely cross-posted blog post Boycotting Olympic: A farce doomed to failure, Wang Chong, a political commentor, grouped the boycotting Beijing Olympics advocators into three categories.
第一，借奥运说事达到个人目的
First, those who use Olympics to get their ends.
Wang Chong believed François Bayrou had his hidden agenda when he advocated boycotting Beijing Olympics. François Bayrou wanted to take advantage from this topic to campaign for votes.
第二，来自反华的右翼分子。
Second, those right-wingers who are anti-China, such as Shintaro Ishihara from Japan.
第三，一些非政府组织和右翼小报。
Third, some NGO and Right-wing tabloid. For example, RFA and the Washington Times
任何抵制北京奥运的言行都将注定没有市场，注定失败。
Any words and deeds of boycotting the Beijing Olympics will have no market and will be doomed to failure.
In response to US Congress raps China over Darfur, blogger Yingzi wrote Darfur problem exposes the selfish American hegemony.
这是怎么回事？简直离谱至极啊。这关你们美国人屁事啊。
What is this all about? It's going too far. It's none of your American business.
…尽管言论荒唐，却能反映出他们内心的秘密。
…Despite the absurd remarks, it can reflect their inner secret.
正是因为中国经济迅速发展，中国的崛起让他们感到害怕了。
It is because of China's rapid economic development. China's rise frightens them.
在这次事件中，达尔富尔地区爆发了内战，迫使西方石油公司纷纷撤退，而中国公司却趁机进入获取石油资源的进口。这就让美国人感到不爽和恐惧了。一些美国人 心中不满，就要找个机会来发泄咯。
In this case, a civil war broke out in the Darfur region, it has made the Western oil companies withdraw, while Chinese companies have seized the opportunity to enter and import the oil. This makes the Americans feel bad and they are alarmed. Some Americans are resentful, so they must find an opportunity to vent their anger.
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其实根本原因就是，美国人自己的利益受到损害，而中国却能从中得到发展，美国人眼红了，更重要是美国人害怕我们中国的强大，怕他们的老大地位不保啊。
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In fact, the main reason is that American's own interests are damaged, but China is able to benefit. The Americans are jealous. More importantly, Americans are afraid of a strong China. They worry that they will lose their leading position (in the world).
ShiShao believed that the US is playing a political game.
近年，中国在非洲的影响力在不断增大。在之前，存在于非洲的势力主要是以法国为首的欧洲和美国。选现在，西方认为中国在非洲的存在已经影响到这些国家的利益在非洲的存在。他们于是对中国”另眼相待”了。
In recent years, China's influence in Africa has kept increasing. Previously, French-led Europe and the US are the main powers in Africa. But, now, the West consider China's presence in Africa has affected the interests of their countries. So they view China “in a new light.”
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美国和欧洲固守着”零和”的游戏规则，认为当有一方的利益增大之时，另一方必然会减少。他们认为中国在非洲影响增大会损害到他们的利益，于是极力排挤中国在非洲的存在。其实，这中思想可以休矣。
The United States and Europe think it is a zero-sum game. They believe if one party's interests are increasing, the other party's interests are bound to decrease. They think that China's increasing influence in Africa would be damaging to their interests, so they are crowding out the Chinese presence in Africa. In fact, it is time to stop thinking in this way.
…西方国家的利益依然可以在非洲这个正在增大发展的空间的保持并不断扩大。这需要中国、美国及世界上所有国家的努力一起来消除非洲的贫穷、落后，让非洲发展起来，让大家达到”共赢”局面，这才是正确的选择。
…Western countries’ interests in Africa can still maintain and grow in this continually developing space. It needs China, the US and all the countries of the world to work together to eradicate poverty in Africa and to develop Africa, so that we can have a “win-win” situation. This is the correct choice.
John Zhou had a similar opinion. He wrote
我的感觉是西方一些势力会利用一切机会，遏制正在崛起的中国。
My feeling is that some Western powers will use every opportunity to contain a rising China.
But there is a rare voice in this post's comment. An anonym commented,
lz已经被中共洗脑了,只要外国和中国过不去,lz就认为是西方在遏制中国崛起,但是lz知道因为达富尔问题已经有几十万的难民和成千上万的死亡吗?看来lz真该到难民营去住几天.
中国因为自己的石油利益想苏丹政府提供军火,直接导致了问题的严重化,这是应该谴责的
The author has been brainwashed by the Chinese Communists Party. Once foreign countries are making troubles to China, the author consider that they are trying to contain the rise of China. But does the author know that the Darfur crisis has made tens of thousands of refugees and tens of thousands of deaths? Looks like the author needs stay in the refugee camp for a few days.
China provide the Sudanese government weaphons for its interests of oil. This has worsened the problem. This should be condemned.
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We know China is a modern country that has improved their people´s living standards and that is good. However, Boycotting 2008 Beijing Olimpics is just a fair act against Chinese Government represion.
In spite of all that has been said there are FACTS: Your Chinese Government has invaded Tibet, East Turkestan and Inner Mongolia and destroyed their culture and enslaved their people.
What you Chinese have to say about this?
JL Carrizales,
China would say, “if the United States can do it, why can’t we do it?”
America is extremely nervous about the current affairs of geo-politics around the world. They are very ambitious to go into Iran because Iran has decided to develop an oil bourse that trades in Euro and not in US dollars anymore. China lends billions of dollars to the US to fund the illegitimate war in Iraq and the directionless war in Afghanistan. Wake up people, why do you think the news media has been suddenly putting the heat on China (“lead toys”, “Tibet”, “Darfur”, “human rights”). Do NOT be fooled by the hegemony these news outlets produce. They are all controlled by Neo-Con interest groups who want to control how America thinks.
shame on you british and american: intrude in iraq!–and you are still there. so funny to see how you jugde other people. tibet is part of china since 1300ac. in 1801, british intrude in ireland and now north ireland is part of UK. should the world support them to be independent? we really should! and we should support britain seperated into england, walse, scotland and ireland. oh, wait a second, should we just go back to five thousand years ago, china wasn’t even china, it was hundreds of different small kingdoms. should we do that?!
talking about human rights…i totally agree we don’t have much human rights in china. a lot things needed to be improved. but it is mostly of our culture of the past five thousand years. it can’t just changed overnight. for example chinese is a power-centred country, father right; husband right; boss right, etc. there are part of our culture, it is not that you wanna change they will changed overnight.
and basically, we chinese don’t need you guys to tell us we need human rights. because you guys would never really wish the good things out of us. or you guys would come here and say all the bad things about us with bias.
you are really good at forcing people to do what ever you wanna do.
a very good example is george bush successfully persude you americans to go to iraq; same as you british!!! and for the rest of you who ever judge us, how come you guys didn’t come out and speak for iraq?????
you guys should really listen to our voice too!
don’t just force other country with less power to do what u wanna do with your willingness.
When will the human race learn from the past? So, two World Wars are not enough? All nations need to stop being so nationalistic that they forget the basic principle of having the respect for the rest of the world regardless of their races or nationalities. It is easy to become obsessed with one’s own nation and careless for other nations. Like any powerful country, China can be proud of themselves for doing many good things to the world. But, don’t all countries need to be able to take criticism? I am calling for both the left-winged and right-winged nationalists to please stop being so bloody crazy about their own nations. Wake up ! people ! Be less greedy, and less ethnocentric, and be more compassionate for others !
After all, we are all a human race.
Thanks to you all who want to boycott the Olympics. This drives Chinese in Mainland to rush to every ticket event sales for the Olympics. Those of us living abroad have a very hard time getting tickets.