Friday, August 06, 2004
Asian Cup Final, between Japan and China
check some of the articles reported :
Xinhuanet
Bloomberg
Aparently there seems to be some unhappy Chinese using this event as a way to vent off their emotions against Japan. I don't think it's fair to Japanese players, because
1, it does not solve the problem,
2, it just aggrevates the hate, and next time when Chinese players go to Japan, ...
But on the same token, I never believe Sports can be totally performed outside of Politics, it happened too many times, and I am afraid to say, it may happen here again, either China win or lose.
On a bigger picture, I have seen a lot of the tones in Chinese people unified against Japan/Japanese Government, extended to Japanese companies, or even Japanese people. When I was talking about buying a car, I would hear from my Chinese friends to 'remind' me not to buy Japan-made, or a digital camera, or a TV set? I think however people reacts to these issues is their own choice, but I think Japan as a country or its government should take it very seriously, before it brews something bigger, the fact is when China is growing stronger and stronger, this kind of issue is going to hurt both countries, politically and financially, but maybe more to Japan in the long run.
We shall see what will happen on the finals night,
Xinhuanet
Bloomberg
Aparently there seems to be some unhappy Chinese using this event as a way to vent off their emotions against Japan. I don't think it's fair to Japanese players, because
1, it does not solve the problem,
2, it just aggrevates the hate, and next time when Chinese players go to Japan, ...
But on the same token, I never believe Sports can be totally performed outside of Politics, it happened too many times, and I am afraid to say, it may happen here again, either China win or lose.
On a bigger picture, I have seen a lot of the tones in Chinese people unified against Japan/Japanese Government, extended to Japanese companies, or even Japanese people. When I was talking about buying a car, I would hear from my Chinese friends to 'remind' me not to buy Japan-made, or a digital camera, or a TV set? I think however people reacts to these issues is their own choice, but I think Japan as a country or its government should take it very seriously, before it brews something bigger, the fact is when China is growing stronger and stronger, this kind of issue is going to hurt both countries, politically and financially, but maybe more to Japan in the long run.
We shall see what will happen on the finals night,
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Yeah, China lost, my friend called me that night, said that he could find a place that will have satellite that will broadcast the game live, but that's on a Arabic channel, I was just laughing, I said, what do you think a couple of Chinese guys shouting in 5 o'clock in the morning along with some Arabic comments or shoutings of 'Goaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaal'?
I didn't go eventually, even though I even had my wife's permission :-) After all, I care more about the reaction from the fans more than the game itself!
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I didn't go eventually, even though I even had my wife's permission :-) After all, I care more about the reaction from the fans more than the game itself!
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