This Chinese girl protests what she perceives as French support for Tibet, by boycotting French supermarket chain, Carrefour. See video below.
More from WSJ:
BEIJING — Some Chinese citizens, angry over foreign criticism of their country’s policies in Tibet, are calling for boycotts of at least two European retailers for purportedly supporting the Dalai Lama, the latest sign of growing tension between China and the West ahead of the Olympics.
Internet users in China — it is unclear how many — have been using instant-messaging services, blogs and bulletin boards to spread a call for Chinese consumers at home and abroad to boycott French supermarket operator Carrefour SA and cosmetics retailer the Body Shop, owned by L’Oréal SA.
UPDATE: From Wang Xiaofeng via danwei:
其实最好的抵制就是闭关锁国,回到毛泽东年代,你们丫受得了吗?受不了就别矫情,抵制这个抵制那个。最好的抵制就是让自己牛逼,你不牛逼,人家就欺负你。人家一欺负你,你就抵制人家,这叫装牛逼,真这样你可以去北朝鲜感受一下,那里除了朝鲜货就是中国货。以使用消费什么货来区分是否爱国,这是中国式的“普世价值”。
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如果真让我抵制什么货的话,我只抵制蠢货。The best boycott is to make yourself really awesome (牛逼); if you’re not cool, other people will pick on you. If you boycott someone when they pick on you, you’re just pretending to be be great. If you like it, maybe you should go to North Korea, where they only have north Korean and Chinese goods. Using your purchasing habits to demonstrate whether or not you are patriotic, this is really “universal values” with Chinese characteristics.
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If there is anything I am going to boycott, it’s all these stupid idiots [arranging boycotts].
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10 Responses
Nick
April 14th, 2008 at 10:06 pm
1So that’s why the supermarket was so pleasantly empty today. Keep it up guys!
Wong
April 15th, 2008 at 11:52 pm
2GO, China, GO! Boycott those fuckers!
I, for one, dumped my Acqua Di Gio and Chanel Allure for RL.
truffe
April 16th, 2008 at 9:53 am
3I will boycott all the product of China but it’s not difficult, they’re so bad quality!!!
Riv Yeo
April 16th, 2008 at 1:17 pm
4Yup, and I hope that Carrefour would do retrenchment on the employees….
hah….
southwolfing
April 16th, 2008 at 1:27 pm
5Carrefour is crying while Wal-mart have a big smile back.
FOARP
April 17th, 2008 at 4:49 am
6Yeah, i’m sure the Huangpu river will be filled with the YSL handbags that patriotic Shanghai xiaojies are now throwing away in a sign of solidarity with that Jin Jing girl.
outsiderwatcher
April 20th, 2008 at 11:03 am
7我部分同意你的说法。但”牛逼”不是可以一蹴而就的,需要通过全世界华人团结一心共同奋斗才能实现,这是需要一个环境的.而一个利于自己发展的环境不是忍气吞声,委曲求全别人会施舍给你的.抵制”蠢货”是聪明的,但自己也要足够聪明才能识别”蠢货”.
I partly agree with you. However “Being great” is not something you can approach overnight. It’s something that Chinese all over the world have been fighting generations by generations. Being nice and kind is not always being given a way to go as reward and charity.
It’s wise to boycott “stupid idiots”. But more importantly, being wise enough to avoid being a “stupid idiot”.
Peter Wong
April 20th, 2008 at 2:52 pm
8Fuck the french wanker !
Cheng
April 24th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
9So follow your logic, when the Japanese invade China you don’t resist. Stay as slave until you become awesome (牛逼)。 I do doubt when you can become awesome without any passion or courage. People tear your flags and put you as thongs and goons. Fuck off your awesome!
Rick
April 25th, 2008 at 4:09 am
10@Cheng
That’s not my logic.
It’s Wang Xiaofeng’s logic.
But I tend to agree with him, as his argument is somewhat more eloquent than yours.
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