At the London Olympics, Chinese athletes were subject to great suspicion by British media. Britain’s Daily Telegraph published a commentary by Brendan O'Neill, “Why do we Brits look upon Chinese athletes as cheats, freaks, and robots?”
It discussed the widely reported aspersions on swimmer Ye Shiwen’s superhuman achievements, and how Chinese badminton players were disqualified after they purposefully tried to lose the game. The author raised questions as to just why Britons view the Chinese as sneaks and cheats, who unlike Britons, understand nothing of fair play.
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I believe one should blame the Chinese regime, including those politicians and business people, representing China, who deal with foreign countries.
From the late 1990s until 2009, Western countries’ mainstream attitude was a willingness to trust China; many countries, including France, were willing to believe in and hope for a strong China in order to contain the United States.
During that time, only a few observers expressed their suspicion of China. The first time appears to be in February 2001, in a report published in the Far Eastern Economic Review. The article, “People’s Republic of Cheats,” describes how China descended into what it calls the People’s Republic of Cheats.
Professor Carsten A. Holz of Hong Kong University of Science and Technology published an article, “Have China Scholars All Been Bought?” in the Far Eastern Economic Review in 2007. The article reviewed the situation with China scholars, and discussed how many of them obtained research opportunities and access to information as a result of pleasing the Chinese government.
“Academics who study China, which includes the author, habitually please the Chinese Communist Party, sometimes consciously, and often unconsciously,” Holz said. “Our incentives are to conform, and we do so in numerous ways: through the research questions we ask or don’t ask, through the facts we report or ignore, through our use of language, and through what and how we teach.” Holz cited a long list of facts, which touched the sore spots of his peers, leading to a cold reception for the article.
A famous quote attributed to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln said, “You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time.”
Beijing’s credibility is now questioned by the whole world. The situation proves that the widespread use of lies and rumors will lead to political demise.
He Qinglian is a prominent Chinese author and economist. Currently based in the U.S., she authored “China’s Pitfalls,” which concerns corruption in China’s economic reform of the 1990s, and “The Fog of Censorship: Media Control in China,” which addresses the manipulation and restriction of the press. She regularly writes on contemporary Chinese social and economic issues.
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