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China is a dark, ugly and disgusting place. They have perfected the art of oppression and mind control to the most evil levels known to man. I have nothing but contempt for the weak sorry excuses of men that dictate to China it’s every move. Ever since Teinimen Square I have felt that the world would be a better place if China would just vanish.
I’ll tell you what, that shrieking eskimo has some huge cajones. Bigger than anyone else in the industry.
Were talkin’ bout breaking the rules in a country that cuts up political prisoners for their lucrative body parts.
It’s a lot less sporting to sing political messages that spew “blame America first” in commie or commie-loving countries (yeah, we remember kneel yung).
The area above Tibet is another land of non-Chinese people under Chinese rule. The Chinese have been forcably taking Uyghur girls and transporting them in to China for work, and God knows what else.
China may have abandoned Communism for a mutant capitalism, but they’re as tyrannical as ever. Expect more problems from China in the future.
It’s so simple. We need to unequivocably cut ties with China. They can then either get out of Tibet to get back into our good graces or be cut off.
It is the west that is proving to be so very very very impotent. Not China. The typical Chinese person is simply astonished that they are getting away with so much!!
If you want China to do something then you have to actually encourage them to do it. Sheesh. Having a singer weirdly scream Tibet seems merely… anti-social.
Yes, China is Communism 2.5— a new plateau of invulnerable, omnipotent government. But their arms can be twisted, and stuff like this and the Spielberg Snub have helped do a little something. It gets a reaction out of them, and that is productive. Their reaction, if it is to further tighten controls, is then dissected on the international level, and the Chinese government is very sensitive to criticism, as well as concerned about the world’s impression of them due to trade reasons. Ultimately, they want to keep their control clamped down. It is a battle between that desire to retain iron-fist rule (the old Mao legacy, and, in greater terms, the legacy of most Chinese history) and the desire to conform to international standards of freedom (or semblance of freedom) in order to fit in with their trade partners on the world stage. Ultimately, money talks. The government will be forced to find the best common ground that balances strict rule and, if nothing else, outward compliance with European and US ideals of personal independence. This is evolving as we speak— the new, modern form of Secret Repression.
Well said Gregory. It is mostly about money and image I think. Communism is dead. And I hate to say it but is there much difference between what China has done in Tibet and what the United States did in early America just 150+ years ago – stole land from a militarily inferior, somewhat naive culture sitting on a horde of resources the stronger country needs to supply its rapid growth? Of course, that doesn’t justify it but the Chinese are not the boogey men we would like them to be. Or how about Iraq? At least 200,000 dead for our oil dependence? I’m in China now and life goes on quite smoothly most of the time.
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Does she actually receive a paycheck for that garbage? That was the most horrifying excuse for singing that I have ever heard. That’s actually worse than rap, which is nearly impossible.