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Originally Posted by Bigfella
As for Rudd & China, the man criticised China's behaviour in Tibet while IN BEIJING. How many world leaders have managed this? When China kept insisting their tracksuited thugs surround the Olympic Torch, Rudd backed our police to take care of security, unlike some other nations.
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As a side note, Rudd is widely respected among Chinese despite his criticise on China. I, as a Chinese, find his opinion much easier to swallow than some other westerns. His mandarin certainly helped, but it is his acquaintance and respect of Chinese culture has made the difference.
Chinese do accept criticises, but much willingly and seriously if you give them the "face" first. Thus the classic "fist praise, then condemn" pattern of Chinese political assay.
It is amazing how different it can be when same words are spoken by different mouths. "Goons and thugs" is certainly not gonna help anything.
