Comments on: Tears and Loathing in Beijing http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/08/19/tears-and-loathing-in-beijing/ Fearless. Thoughtful. Witty. Canadian. And Opinionated. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 01:33:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: t c http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/2008/08/19/tears-and-loathing-in-beijing/#comment-6697 t c Tue, 19 Aug 2008 16:24:39 +0000 http://www.walrusmagazine.com/blogs/?p=1142#comment-6697 A commentary yesterday on the People’s Daily website lambasted web users for comments that speculated Liu might have folded under pressure. “Perhaps a nation of 1.3 billion should not place the burdens of its aspirations on a boy’s shoulders,� the story said. hmmm, i don't get it... the party-state plays a big part in heaping all this pressure on liu xiang, then goes on to lecture the people for having placed this undue burden on him? i'm having difficulty processing the logic of this... A commentary yesterday on the People’s Daily website lambasted web users for comments that speculated Liu might have folded under pressure. “Perhaps a nation of 1.3 billion should not place the burdens of its aspirations on a boy’s shoulders,� the story said.

hmmm, i don’t get it… the party-state plays a big part in heaping all this pressure on liu xiang, then goes on to lecture the people for having placed this undue burden on him? i’m having difficulty processing the logic of this…

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