| Hmm... China even played the political card in its bid. Claimed it would help "open and reform" the country. Funny that the government is now saying "keep politics out of it".
Chan13 makes a good point about dialogue. I've tried this a couple of times about sensitive issues (Tibet, Taiwan) and both times it's pretty much blown up. It's odd- a lot of Chinese people confuse criticism of government policy with criticism of an entire culture, when they are completely separate things. | 
