http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2009/07/14/are-secessions-on-the-way-in-china/ Useful Resources for Some, Useless Rants for Others Thu, 22 Dec 2011 18:18:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/2009/07/14/are-secessions-on-the-way-in-china/comment-page-1/#comment-5171 gypsy_cat Tue, 14 Jul 2009 19:52:33 +0000 http://www.john-zhu.com/blog/?p=1745#comment-5171 Good analysis, John. I doubt that the writer of that article's ever been to China. He seems to be extrapolating too much from Europe, where people have strong regional identities (Scottish, Welsh, Breton, Basque, etc.) that often override their national identities. (Which, I guess, crushes my hopes of a nascent New England Pride movement emerging in China, marked by a preference for Dunkin' Donuts and clam chowdah. I hear the latter is popular in one little corner of Guangzhou . . .) ;) Good analysis, John. I doubt that the writer of that article's ever been to China. He seems to be extrapolating too much from Europe, where people have strong regional identities (Scottish, Welsh, Breton, Basque, etc.) that often override their national identities. (Which, I guess, crushes my hopes of a nascent New England Pride movement emerging in China, marked by a preference for Dunkin' Donuts and clam chowdah. I hear the latter is popular in one little corner of Guangzhou . . .) ;)

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