[Irony] PRC Gov't Deflates Carrefour Protest

Umm, in light of the mysterious "suicide" of DC Madam and the concerted effort by the U.S. media -- in a Borg-esque fashion -- to paint it that way, Sammy boy, methinks your censorship outcry is misdirected.

At least nobody died in Carrefour protests.

Of course, in its typical faux news approach when it comes to reporting China, NYT fails to mention the kind of "health business" brought by "throngs of unapologetic shoppers" is a far cry from the much robuster shopping frenzy seen elsewhere in China.

LOL ... can NYT be dumber than this? Are residents in Beijing dependent their daily lives on shopping in Carrefour? Are there not other supermarket stores in China's Capital?

LOL again ... is NYT trying to make a point that effect of boycotting is nothing, or it's much more than a slap on the wrist. Make up your f* mind, NYT

 

Huh? The protests have already taken place, and their effect is palpable. It's a more than a "harmless" message sent.

As oppose to Tibetan terrorist cheerleader on basketball forum?

 

Nobody showed up to protest because the protests have already taken place. What's next, which is happening right now, is boycotting at various degrees.

Of course I read the article, Sammy boy. Not only that, I saw first hand in person the effect of boycotting Carrefour. Had a ride with a friend of mine last night. We drove pass a Carrefour, which looked like a ghost town. It sucks to be you, Sammy, who has to rely on sorry ass source NYT to get your China news.

I don't know Carrefour is the French Walmart.

 

Are you saying that boycotting is always the same thing as burning/destroying business as Tibetan mob did a month and half ago in Xizang?

Business as usual = store open and close as normal

It says nothing about the gain/loss in profits/revenues as a result of call for boycotting, and the protests which occurred at least a week ago, not the ones hyped/conjured up by the NYT you posted. Big difference.

 

Sammy, you need something bigger than a straw to grab to float on.

The official Chinese newspaper can say whatever it wants, the people have already made up their mind, the blogs, forums, e-mails are running like wild fire of France, Carrefour, Tibetan Terrorists.

Never before do so many people take a closer look at France.

France, a country whose only victory is surrender at earliest chance when it comes to war.

 

Sammy boy, find me in any one of the reports that the call for boycott has actually backlashed, in that it boosts the sales and revenues for Carrefour in China, or at least keeps in pace with the rest of the shopping frenzy elsewhere.

Isn't the flip side you Sammy boy agrees with official Chinese state news service? LOL ... that's a good one.

What's this garbage all about? To pump up the ignorant borgish ilk who follow you in their facts-finding mission on a basketball forum?

 

Gov can try to deflate anti-carrefour movement, through persuasion etc, that is. To use the censure tactics, I think is wrong. Anyway, Protest at the store isn't and wasn't the focus. Boycotting for a day is.

Personally I don't think that's much wrong or damage for boycotting of carrefour, but I don't care much either.

Well at least Sam won't be saying boycott is staged by the government nonsense. At least ccp makes Sam happy.

PS, I've seen reports that Carrefours sales have been down.
PPS, Sam, your girl Grace Wang is having her 15 minutes of fame, postponing exams for interviews and such.

 

As always, capitalism trounces all.

 

The attempt to boycott Carrefour is not trying to get the retailer out of bussiness in China, but rather sending a message that Chinese public is angry about the way people politicized the Olympic game and no tolerance of tibet independence and would hold a grudge towards those purposefully demonizing China.

Considering the "enthusiastic" international coverage about this Carrefour boycotting(which means the message has been heard) and a specific request from one of the EU trade leaders, and the fact that Carrefour is employing chinese and selling chinese made stuff, i do think no more publicly and visibly Carrefour boycotting or protests should be the direction of this ongoing event.

After all, no one want to see ugly conflicts between chinese citizens and foreign visitors( athelets, journalists, and spectators,etc) during the Olympic games.

I think, both parties need restraints. On one hand, no more provocative and untolerable gestures from human rights activisits( pretended or not). After the game, you can protest and shout as you want, i won't care a little about it. On the other hand, chinese people would have to command composure and be nice and friendly to foreign visitors as they normally do.

 

SamFisher, so you have to throw that out. I thought you were going somewhere. You disappointed me

 

I'm sure all your little asian friends are convinced