Comments on: Um, really? SCMP claims Beijing to ban blacks, Mongolians at bars

By: Sara

Sara — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:46:36 +0000

OK, let’s suppose that some “Blacks” sale drugs in Chinese bars and Chinese authorities have decided that enough is enough (as if Chinese were all angels and only discovered drugs through Blacks dealers).

Are Chinese authorities’ procedures fair?

Do you remember Tienanmen Square Massacre in 1989? No blacks selling drugs there…just Chinese students protesting for their rights!
Have you watched the news lately? Many Chinese families’ houses were destroyed for the sake of the Olympics. Those “poor” Chinese families were devastated and some claim that they have not received any compensation (yet). Again, no Blacks selling drugs there…just Chinese families trying to live a normal life!
And what about the persecution of Christians? Have you ever heard of “Underground Churches” in China? Again, no Blacks and drugs involved here…

My point is, if Chinese authorities are capable of doing such things to their own people, what can stop them from conducted a crackdown operation on Blacks and Mongolians?

By: Dan

Dan — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:11:22 +0000

Blake, Tom Miller has been in China for over five years and speaks excellent Mandarin – better, in fact, than many of the SCMP HK Chinese journalists. I can assure you he would not make a crass error like you are suggesting.

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:50:33 +0000

The document in question uses the word 黑帮份子, which means “gangster”, not black people. The first character in the word for gangster does mean black, but this entire article is based on a very bad translation.

The pledge actually asks them to not serve “gangsters and prostitutes” not “blacks and Mongolians.”

By: klashinko

klashinko — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:30:27 +0000

“you would think they would be the last to practice this type of behavior. But alas they didn’t learn a got damn thing from their harsh treatment in history.”

lol, black have been discriminated against, and blacks are one of the most racist groups of people today.

By: love

love — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:17:44 +0000

i beleve this can be true news i have ben in china and i sow the the use to look at any presonne who is the chinese
specialy black the use to call black ghost in the chinese language
me and my wife we had a bad time in china concerning the discrimination

By: Political Party Poop

Political Party Poop — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 03:17:04 +0000

[...] site is for subscribers only, here is an excerpt of the article c/o the Beijing drinking blog Beijing Boyce: Beijing authorities are secretly planning to ban black people and others it considers social [...]

By: histler

histler — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 23:33:28 +0000

you racist bottom feeders better hope the hammer of oppression never falls on “your kind”.

By: TJustSaying

TJustSaying — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:16:33 +0000

Let’s be honest here. The treatment of the Buddhist says to me they are capible of such behavior. They have a history of cracking down on certain behaviors. And some of these posts are as ignorant as could be. Blacks = Drugs. I just wish some of these posters could understand for a day what it is like to be judged and tried before you even had a chance to prove your worth. That is the thinking that got over 6 million Jews killed. There were some Jews that probably forced a few Germans into poverty and therefor all Jews are gready bastards that do not deserve to live. A few Germans at the Olympics threw bannanas at the African team that does not mean the entire German population is a bunch of racists fools. Martin Luther King died so each man could be judged by the content of his character and not the color of his skin. But yet here we go again assuming if we get rid of the blacks and Mongolians the world will be perfect. What about those Christans who killed thousands during the Christan reformation? Let’s get them too. What about those priest who molested those boys let’s kill them too. As many dog jokes that go around about China you would think they would be the last to practice this type of behavior. But alas they didn’t learn a got damn thing from their harsh treatment in history.

By: zoriggo

zoriggo — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:30:20 +0000

What they think about themselves. Are a billion Chenese afraid of three million Mongolians?

By: Being an island is what you will be

Being an island is what you will be — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 13:09:39 +0000

[...] not to allow blacks through the door. Police denied the ban exists. Beijing Boyce confirms that similar requests have been made in the past, but reports seeing blacks in 8 out of 10 bars in Sanlitun: “In [...]