Last week, James Inhofe, co-chair of the U.S. Senate Taiwan Caucus and other officials visited Taiwan. Inhofe said to Tsai Ing-wen that the U.S. Congress supports arms sales to Taiwan, adding that he hoped that there would be more cooperation between the U.S. and Taiwan in energy. How does the Chinese Foreign Ministry respond to this?
This year’s Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, the Chinese team so far has won only one gold medal. And in a number of events, in which the Chinese team used to have some advantages in previous years, the Chinese athletes are either underperforming or frequently fouling…
Last week, the director of FBI, Christopher A. Wray, made it clear during a testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee that the FBI was launching an investigation on some Confucius Institutes. China uses Confucius Institutes to undermine America’s academic freedom of expression, to carry out ideological exports, to monitor Chinese international students in the U.S., and to use Chinese students to gather intelligence, among other things. What’s your opinion on this issue?
In a recent video of the NBA stars wishing their Chinese fan a Happy Chinese New Year, star J. J. Redick was accused of using words like “Chink”. The patriotic Internet water army said that Redick humiliated China, demanding him to apologize.
Chinese also often call the Americans Yankees. And when it comes to discrimination, the de facto discriminatory terms for foreigners are more common in China. [skit 540]
