Sunday, April 20, 2008

China and Tibet: The Empire strikes back...

Armed with her laptop and her indignation, Zhu Xiaomeng sits in her dorm room here, stoking a popular backlash against Western support for Tibet that has unnerved foreign investors and Western diplomats and, increasingly, the ruling Communist Party.

Chinese police officers and paramilitary guards blocked the road leading to the French Embassy in Beijing on Saturday.

Over the last week, Ms. Zhu and her classmates have been channeling anger over anti-China protests during the tumultuous Olympic torch relay into a boycott campaign against French companies, blamed for their country’s support of pro-Tibetan agitators. Some have also called for a boycott against American chains like McDonald’s and Kentucky Fried Chicken. More...

See also: China and Tibet: let's stop the hypocrisy now...
And this: China to boycott French goods?

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