The reflection of image of Chinese...(5/6)

Extracted from Apply Daily...

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There has been wide coverage of this incidence last month in France, and it was exactly the period when the claim of post-quota "invasion" of the Chinese textile and garment to EU countries was in place... After staying in Paris for a while, I strongly sense the emotion of the French people towards China and us the Chinese. There is a general perception about China where the country can offer cheap labour and price-cutting production. This is an opportunity and a threat to their economy in France. China is a fancyland to quite some companies here. They are thinking about the feasibility to produce, not necessarily only in the Eastern Europe but, at the same time, the labour group here has an adverse feeling to the threat of Chinese labours that could take away their job. In general, French people appear to me quite self-centred. They preserve so well their culture and history and they are proud to their nation, and in addition to the geographical separation, French people, though much interested in the Oriental culture from China, know only from a foreigner perspective about our culture and recent development. This is certain why not many people really know too much about Hong Kong. Under this situation, any incidence happened in France relating to Chinese people can impose an instant image to their perception to the Chinese. There has been media coverage talking about the hygiene problem of the local Chinese restaurants in Paris, the massive increase of Chinese imported textile and garment products in 2005, the opportunity in China in various industries to French companies etc...and now this is the suspected incidence of spy act from the Chinese students...without much effort done by the local Chinese representatives, it may not be difficult for us to imagine how the French people would project an image to Chinese at this moment...