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[Privateer]

Check out this article by an SNU professor on the conspicuous lack of protests against the Chinese for poisoning food, for rioting in Seoul during the Olympic flag ceremony - and he doesn't even mention the murder of Korean coastguards by Chinese fishermen. If Americans were doing this half the country would be on candlelit vigil.

http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2008/10/01/200810010039.asp

So, can we speculate as to the reason for this double standard? To be fair, China is not - of course - forcing Korea to accept imports of melamine contaminated products, as opposed to America which did hold Korea to its treaty obligation to accept American beef (leaving aside for the moment the fact that there's nothing wrong with American beef). Also, protests have been made through diplomatic channels about the Chinese fishermen, and the rioting Chinese 'students' are long gone. Nevertheless, one feels that these are details, and there would be public demonstrations outside the US embassy (orchestrated perhaps) if it was American milk powder. Has the professor hit the nail on the head? And will he be blasted for disloyalty to the great Han people?

[Adventurer]

[bangbayed]

Might also be the fact that China hasn't had army bases on Korean soil for the last 50+ years. Not saying it's a bad thing, but younger Koreans might think otherwise.

[wylies99]

The article is correct. "Useful idiots" on the left, eh? Sums it up nicely.

[laogaiguk]

For the same reason everyone was willing to support Kosovo with it's independence but not even America will stand up for Taiwan. No one wants to piss China off

[Typhoon]

The people who organize demonstrations, candlelight vigils, and all things anti-foreigner are people on the left side of the political spectrum (sorry its true) who support communist beliefs, North Korea, and China. Why would there be any protests organized by them against China? These people aren't for Korea. They are against progress and all things western, in particular all things American. That is why there are no protests against China.

The political right in Korea can't be bothered to organize these protests because they know they stand on the right side of the argument. As a side note, I never thought that I would support the political right in any country, but the leftists in this country are completely moronic (I know its not a word, but it best describes the left here).

[jkelly80]

If you're on the left, you're a commie. case closed. everybody pack it up.

[Adventurer]

[PRagic]

Totally missing the point. The huge demonstrations here weren't anti-US, they were anti-Park. The Koreans were primarily pissed at the current administration for make a stupid deal with the U.S.

In the case of China, no deals were made by the administration. The plot, however, thickens as we find out more and more that this problem was known prior to the olympics, but China kept a lid on it.

[jkelly80]

[Typhoon]

[Scotticus]

[Whirlwind]

The hypocrisy of Koreans is sometimes beyond belief. Chinese invade their waters, kill one of their citizens, and there is virtually no anger about it. Yet US beef drives them on with such hatred. Those protests about US beef were just as much(even more) about the US as about the Korean president. Don't get blinded by that. It was just as anti-US as anything else. The US needs to tell Korea to eff off and let them defend themselves against North Korea and China. No wonder Korea doesn't have any friends in the world.

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[wylies99]