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August 20th, 2008 issue

Overcritical of China

As a Hong Kong Chinese educated in the United Kingdom and working internationally, I find it offensive that the press, including The Prague Post (“State of Play,” News, Aug. 6–12), would publish articles that deliberately diminish the achievements of the Chinese and China over the past decades, and use the Beijing Olympics as an opportunity to criticize China during an occasion when politics and propaganda should be brushed aside.
In 5,000 years, China has shown less aggression as a nation than any other big nation. To paint China as an aggressive and dangerous nation that exploits its own people’s human rights is clearly propaganda. The West does not understand China and the Chinese as a society and culture. That is fine, but to criticize China on all fronts and during and regarding the Olympics, which is viewed by all Chinese as one of the proudest moments in Chinese history, is offensive to say the least. We as Chinese are proud of our achievements and just wait and see what more we can achieve.
 
Dr. Dennis Ng, Ph.D.
Prague/London/Hong Kong
Bad review goes good
I just read your piece on my film Hank and Mike. (“Kill the wabbits!” Night and Day, July 30–Aug. 5) Now THAT is an entertaining, thoughtful and opinionated review! I feel moved to thank you for being so damn provocative; I wish there were more people willing to express such extreme and unfiltered views — the world would be more fun! Keep it up my friend. I’ll be throwing more fodder at you soon.
Mathhiew Klinck
Director, Hank and Mike
Beverly Hills, California
Change in Serbia
I grew up under the communist government in Czechoslovakia, so I was envious when my sister met a Serbian engineer back then, who worked on a project in Prague (“Times have changed,” Opinion, Aug. 13–19). They got married in Prague in 1977 and left the same year for Belgrade. My sister told me that she would send me jeans and other objects unattainable in the ČSSR [Czechoslovak Socialist Republic]. In 1978, my mother and I emigrated (through Yugoslavia) to the West. We basically took a train to Rijeka and then another to Vienna. My mother had the foresight to get a transit visa at the Austrian Embassy in Prague, and it came in handy. We were able to cross the border between Yugoslavia and Austria unharassed. We later ended up at a refugee camp Traiskirchen [south of] Vienna and applied to go to the States. As the years went by, I even asked my sister if they (her husband and her son) wanted to come to the States, but they did not. I was hoping with the new government that things would finally start changing in Serbia, but this does not seem to be the case. I have always considered the people of the former Yugoslavia the friendliest I have ever met; it is such a pity that they have to suffer and live through deprivations. Hopefully one day that will change.
Karel Vrany
Altamonte Springs, Florida


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[19:37 23/08/2008] : "Czechs refute US tourism claims". Local Prague Police are reporting less crime than other major cities. Maybe this is because there really is more and they are reporting less thus skewing the statistics. When I was pickpocketted local police sent me in circles to various places where I never saw an officer but rather talked to them on intake phones until I was worn out hence there was no report. Other Americans I know who work in Germany have told me the same and many if not most have been victims of crimes. So let tourism fall. Too bad. they should be honest and do something before CR becomes another third world country.
Sandra Grey
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