The 'Boycott Chinese' reaction

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Wed Apr 11 08:00:50 PDT 2001


At 01:03 AM 4/11/01 -0400, you wrote:
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>New York TImes. 11 April 2001. Standoff Over Plane Brings Calls to
>Boycott Chinese-Made Goods. Excerpts. [Analysis at bottom.]
>The complaints that have streamed into Kmart's customer service line in
>Troy, Mich., in recent days were an unprecedented and apparently
>spontaneous response to the overseas crisis, the executives said. Store

That does not surprise me at all. K-Mart is a favourite hangout for the I-love-my-country-but-I-cannot-pay-my-bills crowd. Bashing the 'undesirable' species, such as rattlesnakes or Chinese commies seems to be their favourite passtime.

wojtek



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