Beijing Olympics "Sparking Harsh Words" in Chinatown

A march from the Brooklyn Bridge through Chinatown to celebrate the Beijing Olympics is exposing a big rift in Manhattan's Chinese immigrant community. Opposed to the celebrations are older Chinese-Americans from Taiwan and Hong Kong who've seen their ranks diminished; on the other side are newer immigrants from the mainland who've poured into Chinatown in recent years. A 74-year-old business consultant tells the Sun,"The mainland government, they're Communists, and we don't like that. The new immigrants came from China in a happier time, so they like it more than I do." Jimmy Cheng, an organizer of this weekend's festivities, says, "People who protest about human rights in China, they don't get it. China needs to do what it needs to do."

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By John Del Signore in News on August 1, 2008 10:23 AM

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Rocknrope

Nsnnystate, nice King of New York reference.

NannyState

"If I wanted socialized Olympics, I would have stayed in Fucking Peking Province."

schadenfreudian mensch

@jenspellnogood

of course she does. Don't all Jew kike (was that redundant)? That's why they keep blowing up in Israel. Happy Friday y'all!

Sommelier

"China needs to do what it needs to do."

I guess then that Hitler's Germany did what it had to do, too? See what the lack of education produces? Chinese republicans, whose motto is "I've got mine. F__k you."

eyekantspel

China is a totalitarian regime that crushes dissent by crushing and jailing people. You don't hear about this because the press can't report it.

criticism of the Chinese government should be kept separate from the people of China. For the most part, the people who live there are decent people, poor and hard-working.

Dude69

Also ask an Algerian about France, and maybe a Native American about Canada and the good ole US of A.

Dude69

#20 - I am sure Turkey has a great human rights record, just ask the next Kurd you meet.

henricus

The IOC has dropped the ball on this one. Sending the Olympics to a country with roving execution trucks and enforced internet censorship. I'm curious what was going through their minds when they chose this place over Paris, Toronto, or even Istanbul for crying out loud. Even more strangely, we blithely sit by and drink Coke from cans emblazoned with the logo of those same Olympics. These Olympics are just a tragedy.

The Edge

#18- They're [the Chinese] also blaming it on the recent Tibet protests and the earthquake.

No joke.

zodak

how cute is that little panda mascot!

(way cuter than pandaba)

The Edge

#16- And the Puerto Rican Day parade? St Patrick's Day parade?

Rocknrope

Spirit, are you serious, or just so Anglo that you don't understand that you can still have affection and pride for your country while recognizing that better opportunities may be available in other countries?

Spirit of 76

What I don't get is if they have such love for China, then why are they here instead?

ziggyziggy

i love china. i am chinese. wanna hook up?

Rocknrope

"People who protest about human rights in China, they don't get it. China needs to do what it needs to do."

Replace "China" with "America", and that could be Dick Cheney.

China started the zombie war.

kswissreject

Sounds like Patrick Pogan's dad. You gotta do what you gotta do.

Alex

china is a hypercapitalist authoritarian state

Spear_Chucker

Can China still be considered communist? Authoritarian, yes. Totalitarian, perhaps. But communist? I don't think so.

Dirk

Jimmy Cheng is an idiot. Maybe he should move to China.

UnrepentantFenian

"China needs to do what it needs to do."

I have no idea what that even means.

The Edge

Actually they're considered the Mexicans of China.

JMH

"China needs to do what it needs to do."

Bullshit.

chico0100

Jimmy Cheng: If you feel that China is only doing what it needs to do to survive, perhaps you should move there.

China is a totalitarian regime that crushes dissent by crushing and jailing people. You don't hear about this because the press can't report it.

Try staging a rally in China protesting the Olympics and see what happens.

Think2wice

Intolerant sycophantic apologists.

The Edge

And the fuckanese wonder why everyone else in Chinatown hates them...

cwbuecheler

Cheng proceeded to add: "It's like my ex-wife. She just didn't get it. If I needed to violently beat her just to get an erection, then so be it. I had to do what I had to do."