FM: China Strongly Denounces CNN Host's Insulting Words

[Purveyor]

BEIJING, April 15 (Xinhua) -- China is shocked by and strongly condemns CNN host Jack Cafferty's remarks, which maliciously attacked the Chinese people, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said at a regular press briefing on Tuesday.

Cafferty said in a TV show on April 9 that the Chinese products are "junk" and the Chinese people "basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years".

"Cafferty used the microphone in his hands to slander China and the Chinese people, seriously violated professional ethics of journalism and human conscience", said Jiang.

What he did "reflected his arrogance, ignorance and hostility towards the Chinese people, ignited indignation of Chinese home and abroad, and will be condemned by those who safeguard justice around the world", said Jiang.

"We strongly demand CNN and Cafferty himself take back the vileremarks and apologize to all Chinese people," Jiang said.

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http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/15/content_7981922.htm

[slampoet]

1. I guess the truth hurts even when you translate it into Madarin or Cantonese

[cliffordu]

2. Hey, I LIKE Cafferty. Fuck Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu

[annabanana]

3. Guess what China? He's ALLOWED to say that stuff here in America.

I know that's a tough one for you to understand, never having had the experience. We don't have a lot of freedoms left.. But if you've got a platform, a reputation and a good hunk of change, you are still allowed to speak your mind here.

[LeftinOH]

4. They don't take criticism very well, do they? Whereas, when anything US-made

or even the US itself is criticized by everyone globally (which is constantly -and often justifiable, but sometimes just knee-jerk)..we are able to let it roll off our backs. If the Chinese are ready to be a global power, they'll need to learn to take a few 'hits' occasionally.

[Indenturedebtor]

5. I can't believe you guys are standing up for him

The Chinese government is crap. Chinese products are 99% crap. But to go after the Chinese people? Fuck Cafferty and anyone who spouts hate against an entire people.

I should think that you all would know better.

[Better Believe It]

10. We Have Seen Xenophobia And Racist Attacks Against Chinese

And I would not expect that among anyone who considers themselves progressive.

[SidDithers]

6. Speaking of China, isn't it about time for the daily defense...

of the glorious People's Republic? I don't think we've seen the daily screed against the "Dal-lie Lama" yet from our resident Beijing Bob.

Sid

[Better Believe It]

9. Oh ..... Look Out The "Commie Secret Agents" Are Infiltrating DU and America!

Now if you don't race-bait the Chinese people and bow down to the Dalai Lama you must be a Chinese communist agent!

Just what we need. A liberal "anti-communist patriotic" red-baiter!

So who are your role models?

I'd guess Joseph McCarthy and J. Edgar Hoover!

And isn't it time for the daily defense of Bush and the Lama?

[SidDithers]

12. Are those pictures supposed to mean something?...

Look!



Now, do I think that Mandela supports boosh, just 'cause they had their pictures taken together? Uh, no.

Face it. You're defendng the indefensible, and DU'ers quickly figured out your game.

But keep playing. 'Cause we love the lulz.

Sid

[Better Believe It]

15. Here's The Difference In Case You Didn't Know

Unlike the Dalai Lama, Nelson Mandela was never bankrolled by the CIA.

Are you suggesting that George Bush actually supports Nelson Mandela?

Of course Bush doesn't.

However, George Bush certainly supports the Dalai Lama today.

The big follow-up question is:

How is Bush's support for the Dalai Lama being manifested? Has the CIA resumed its funding of the Dalai Lama under the Bush administration?

And do you know the answer to that serious question?

[Jane Austin]

7. I can't picture Jack Cafferty taking kindly

to being lectured on the "professional ethics of journalism" from the spokesman for a country that suppresses any press freedom.

[trotsky]

8. "We strongly demand CNN and Cafferty himself take back the vile remarks...

and apologize to all Chinese people," Jiang said.

"I strongly demand China take back all their deadly and shitty products and apologize for killing Americans and their pets." - me

[BlooInBloo]

11. (shrug) And I denounce China's murderous barbarism. Where does that leave us?

[SidDithers]

13. Transcript of Cafferty's remarks...

BLITZER: One of the arguments that some of the pro-China elements is making, Jack, is that this is a very different China today than existed 10 years ago, certainly 20 or 30 years ago. This communist regime today is almost like a capitalist regime. They're a huge economic superpower and that we have a lot at stake in maintaining this economic relationship with China.

CAFFERTY: Well, I don't know if China is any different, but our relationship with China is certainly different. We're in hawk to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq, for one thing. They're holding hundreds of billions of dollars worth of our paper. We also are running hundred of billions of dollars worth of trade deficits with them, as we continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export, you know, jobs to places where you can pay workers a dollar a month to turn out the stuff that we're buying from Wal-Mart.

So I think our relationship with China has certainly changed. I think they're basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they've been for the last 50 years

http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0804/09/sitroom.03.html

Certainly open to interpretation. Was Cafferty referring to the Chinese people, or the Chinese leadership?

Sid

[Fumesucker]

14. It looks lke Cafferty was trying to assign blame.

CAFFERTY: Well, I don't know if China is any different, but our relationship with China is certainly different. We're in hawk to the Chinese up to our eyeballs because of the war in Iraq, for one thing. They're holding hundreds of billions of dollars worth of our paper. We also are running hundred of billions of dollars worth of trade deficits with them, as we continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export, you know, jobs to places where you can pay workers a dollar a month to turn out the stuff that we're buying from Wal-Mart.


But none of these things are the fault of the Chinese.

We borrowed the money.

We bought the poisoned products because they were cheaper.

Our own managers shipped our jobs to China.

Our government enabled it and we voted for them.

Sure is convenient to blame the Chinese.