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<h3>''shānghài Zhōngguórén de gǎnqíng'' 伤害中国人民的感情</h3>

[[File:Hurt_feelings.jpg|300px|thumb|right|''Map of countries which have "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people." (Source: [http://www.arctosia.com/archives/511 Arctosia])'']]Invocation used by Chinese authorities when another country, organization, or individual offends Party officials. Also heard in Swedish activist [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/190124/ Peter Dahlin's televised confession] in January 2016, which colleagues said appeared to be coerced.

Meeting with the Dalai Lama is a classic way to "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people." After [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2011/07/china-slams-u-s-interference-after-obama-meets-dalai-lama/ President Obama met with the Dalai Lama in July 2011], the [http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2011-07/18/nw.D110000renmrb_20110718_1-03.htm '''People's Daily'''] complained, "[http://paper.people.com.cn/rmrb/html/2011-07/18/nw.D110000renmrb_20110718_1-03.htm To host the Dalai Lama at the same time China was celebrating the 60th anniversary of Tibet's liberation hurt the feelings of all Chinese people, including the feelings of Tibetans]." 

One need not physically meet with the Dalai Lama to "hurt the feelings of the Chinese people" in official estimation—questioning Chinese sovereignty in any form can also suffice. In January 2018, the [http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42658070 Marriott International hotel chain allowed users to select Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, and Tibet] as possible countries of origin in an email questionnaire. The Cyberspace Administration of China, China's top internet regulator, [http://www.bbc.com/news/business-42658070 accused the hotelier of] "seriously violating national laws and hurting the feelings of the Chinese people." Marriott issued a public apology, and saw its website shuttered for a week in China.
  
Netizens may repeat this stock complaint sardonically, or turn it on its head and disavow damage to their own feelings:

<blockquote>''Xiansu1981'' (@限速1981): To those [[crooked kernel|crooked kernels]] [foreigners] on CCTV [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/2016/01/190124/ claiming they have '''hurt the feelings of the Chinese people'''], let me tell you, I'm a member of the Chinese people, and my feelings haven't been hurt by you in the least. The feelings you've really hurt belong to the [[Zhao family member|people of Zhao]]. (January 20, 2016)</blockquote>

<blockquote>那些在电视上声称'''伤害了中国人民的感情'''的歪果仁，我对你讲哈，我是中国人民的一员，我的感情并没有被你伤害。你所伤害的感情应该是赵国人的。['''[http://weibo.com/2769684011/De1OxCZhX Chinese]''']</blockquote>

In 2008, blogger "FangK" searched through the electronic archives of the People's Daily between 1946 and 2006 and found that [http://www.danwei.org/foreign_affairs/a_map_of_hurt_feelings.php 19 countries and organizations had been accused of hurting the feelings of the Chinese people] in its pages. Victor Mair considered the inverse in 2011, comparing the [http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3425 frequency of hurt Chinese feelings] to those of Russians, Japanese, Jews, and other national and ethnic groups. An academic chapter on Chinese nationalism published by a branch of Academia Sinica (中央研究院), the national academy of Taiwan, provided a [https://chinadigitaltimes.net/chinese/2016/10/%E3%80%90%E5%9B%BE%E8%AF%B4%E5%A4%A9%E6%9C%9D%E3%80%91%E3%80%8A%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E6%97%A5%E6%8A%A5%E3%80%8B%E4%BC%A4%E5%AE%B3%E4%B8%AD%E5%9B%BD%E4%BA%BA%E6%B0%91%E6%84%9F%E6%83%85/ chart tracking usage of the phrase by People's Daily between 1949 and 2013]. 

Columnist Kai Pan calls the hurt feelings accusation "[http://cnreviews.com/life/society-culture/michael_arrington_hurt_feelings_of_european_people_20081215.html inherently idiotic]," based on immature assumptions about the entirety of Chinese society.

No matter how pained the Chinese people’s feelings, international relations still manage to stay intact. When democracy activist [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/hu-jia/ Hu Jia] was awarded the EU Sakharov Prize in 2008, the Chinese ambassador to Brussels wrote, "If the European Parliament should award this prize to Hu Jia, that would inevitably hurt the Chinese people's feelings once again and bring serious damage to China-EU relations." To date, [http://chinadigitaltimes.net/china/europe-relations/ China-EU relations] are still highly functional.

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