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Originally Posted by cindy6
The attack on Jin Jing was not reported widely in the West. If you have seen the picture, you'll realize the image is as powerful as the Tiananmen Tank man. It leaves an unforgettable impression among the Chinese people that France=pro-separatists=anti-China.
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Yes, it wasn't widely reported, but I think that's because it wasn't really an "attack", just one of many scuffles as protestors tried to seize or extinguish the torch. The only thing that made Jin Jing different from, say, Konnie Huq, was that Jin Jing is disabled. It looks like Jin Jing is now being made use of for propaganda purposes - "look at those evil pro-Tibeters, they attack disabled people!" (Not that I have a particular problem with that - any Western government would be delighted to use the same kind of propaganda...) So now Chinese people think that French people are anti-China? The propagandists of both sides, "pro-Tibet" and "pro-China" should feel happy with a job well done.
There's no comparison with "tank man". "Tank man" was risking death, or, at the very least, imprisonment. Jin Jing was risking a few scratches.