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http://hk.asia-city.com/city-living/column/least-we-had-paris
At Least We Had Paris
By Chip Tsao | Mar 28, 2013
A group of more than 20 rich Chinese tourists were robbed at knifepoint by three African thieves in Paris last week. Chinese people were once again outraged, according to mainland internet opinion, by the “irresponsible attitude of the French police who failed to protect the safety of rich Chinese shopping tourists.” They warned that the once “beautiful image” of Paris, as promoted by Catherine Deneuve and Audrey Hepburn, would soon be tainted as more innocent Chinese are put off by street crimes.
A few sober-minded Chinese commentators soon logically questioned how only three black Robin Hoods could bring two dozen Chinese under control. Doesn’t everyone in Africa think of Jackie Chan when they think of the Chinese, and don’t they believe that every Chinese is physically invincible as he possesses a fraction of Bruce Lee’s miraculous martial skill, kung-fu?
But for those who have a selective cherry-picking memory of modern Chinese history (and count me in that category), there is no surprise here—more than 20,000 Chinese POWs were dragged at gunpoint by about 1,000 Japanese soldiers to be mowed down with machine-guns, yet not a single one shouted “let’s roll” and led a nothing-to-lose, life-and-death fight back.
The case might unfortunately send a favorable message to the unemployed in Paris, where some might be considering reaping a few Euros from the Prada- and Chanel-decorated Chinese tourist groups—they stand like pigs in slaughterhouses before them, and now their would-be assailants know the myth that any bullied Chinese can break a few ribs with a Bruce Lee kick or two is a gross exaggeration.
The French police—notorious for brushing aside reports of petty crimes with a patronizingly bureaucratic “voila, c’est Paris,” will also be relieved. The more Chinese looted by the downtrodden, the less the taxpayers’ burden to meet unemployment benefits or social security promises. There is even a prospect of a tax of some kind that could be levied. As China is emptying copper and shipping other resources out from the African continent, there is a reason why the Marxist Hollande government is standing back and watching as more Chinese curse the decline of the image of Paris, rather than wondering whatever happened to the land of Catherine Deneuve. |
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