South Korea to Charge Chinese Students for Torch Relay Violence
“Anti-Chinese Sentiment Looms After Torch Relay” Kim Tae-jong reports in Korea Times:
Violence by Chinese during the Olympic flame relay in Seoul, Sunday, has ignited anti-China sentiment among Koreans.
The Beijing Olympic torch was successfully relayed from the South to North Korea, supported by enthusiastic Chinese supporters. However, the relay was marred by a clash between human rights activists and an overwhelming number of supporters, which left a sour taste in the mouth of many South Korean citizens.
Before the event, the police’s main concern was that rallies by human rights activists to protest China’s crackdown in Tibet might disrupt the relay. However, tens of thousands of nationalistic Chinese supporters flocked to streets in Seoul, resulting in an outbreak of violence against anti-Beijing Olympic protestors.
Read also: S Korea vows ‘diplomatic measures’ over Chinese torch
violence.
Violence by Chinese students at the weekend Beijing Olympic torch relay injured South Korea’s national pride and “legal and diplomatic measures are necessary,” Prime Minister Han Seung-Soo said Tuesday.
“Legal and diplomatic measures are necessary as the incident hurt national pride considerably,” Yonhap news agency quoted Han as telling a cabinet meeting. He did not elaborate.
Public anger is growing over Sunday’s violence, recorded on widely circulated video clips, in which Chinese students attacked Koreans staging protests at Beijing’s rights record.
And from Bloomberg News by Heejin Koo: South Korea to Charge Chinese Students for Torch Relay Violence.
The South Korean government will prosecute Chinese students who attacked anti-China protesters during the Seoul leg of the Beijing Olympic Games torch relay.
It is “deeply regrettable that foreigners held a violent demonstration,” Justice Minister Kim Kyung Han said during a Cabinet meeting today. “Legal and diplomatic measures are necessary to regain the pride of our people.”
POSTED COMMENTS: 9 Responses
For the Pride of Nation, we can’t tolerate these sort of Violent act…we must deport all these chinese and make restriction on them.
These chinese students must be taught to understand that they are allowed to peacefully express their views in great democracies like South Korea, but they have a responsibility to respect others who express opinions they do not agree with.
They are guests and should respect the customs of their host country
They are the sames goons and thugs like Cafferty said. Their minds are brainwashed by the brutal Communist regime.
Again, S.Korea proves itself incapable to be objective/neutral in this matter concerning East & West. May I remind our self-righteous Korean friends that, during the 1988 Seoul Olympics, the same Western arrogance/scorn was showered onto the Korean habit of dog-eating, deeming it an act of extreme cruelty & barbarity. The same goes for the recent uproar about Japanese whale hunting & whale eating habit. So, it is all about “to-day it’s the Chinese, yesterday the Koreans, tomorrow the Japanese & day after tomorrow don’t-know-who syndrome”, it as all about Western prejudice against others while not admitting their own flawed behaviours.
The videos posted had been doctored, thus conveniently cutting those portions (the preceeding & ending parts) which showed the Chinese had been provoked into such violent acts in self defence. Shame to the Koreans who so happily & readily jump into beds in total concert with the West. We shall remember that S.Koreans are never going to be China’ friends & therefore be treated accordingly. Pity these Koreans who are neither here (better than the Japs) nor there (better than S’pore, Hong Kong, Taiwan or even Mainland China?).
Would love to have S Korean daring to deporting Chinese nationals~imagine what will happen to the thousands of Korean residents living in the Mainland. Also curious to know what will happen to Corporate Korea (Hyundai, Samsung, LG etc) once they are denied & deprived the manufacturing base & markets in our 1.3 billion population.
Please position your Korean perspective vis-a-vis all the major players in N.E. Asia~46 million Koreans vs 100 million Japs, approx 150 million Russians & 1300 million Chinese & don’t try to be a smart arse!
Will Chinese ever get over the fact of their 1.3 billion population which is more a liability than something to brag about?? Having the world’s most populous country in the 19th century did not save China from European agression then nor is it a panacea to your fears now.
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Some Americans see Chinese as vermin. To personally witness a plague of Chinese in Seoul during the Olympic Torch Relay act as they did made me realize how troublesome the Chinese are becoming. I pray China will soon suffer immeasurable difficulties as a nation. At what cost is irrelevant, as long as the Chinese suffer greatly.
Dear Truly Asia- Western perspective is “their perspective”. How you understand their point of view is your perspective.
“Tibet is a sovereign nation that is occupied and oppressed by the Chinese government” This is a fact that the world recognizes.
“Chinese are like cockroaches, they are a pestilence” This also is a fact the world recognizes.
If you don’t like western society, get all your cockroach brothers out of the U.S.A. and take get them back to China. I am sick and tired of Chinese in the U.S. and I wish people would start killing as many of them as they can. China sucks and that’s why so many flee China isn’t it?
I pray China will soon suffer immeasurable difficulties as a nation. At what cost is irrelevant, as long as the Chinese suffer greatly
Your pray has been answered except it happened in good ole USA FINANCIAL MELTDOWN! While China sail thru unscathed