Comments on: One Harmonious Voice for the Melbourne Film Fest Hackers http://www.sinopop.org/2009/07/27/lang_enone-harmonious-voice-for-the-melbourne-film-fest-hackerslang_enlang_zh%e5%92%8c%e8%b0%90%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%b0%e9%9f%b3%e2%80%93%e2%80%93%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e5%af%bc%e6%bc%94%e9%80%80miff/ Art and visual culture in Beijing, China Thu, 17 May 2012 23:01:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Michael Cridge http://www.sinopop.org/2009/07/27/lang_enone-harmonious-voice-for-the-melbourne-film-fest-hackerslang_enlang_zh%e5%92%8c%e8%b0%90%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%b0%e9%9f%b3%e2%80%93%e2%80%93%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e5%af%bc%e6%bc%94%e9%80%80miff/#comment-796 Michael Cridge Tue, 19 Jan 2010 04:38:12 +0000 http://www.sinopop.org/2009/07/27/lang_enone-harmonious-voice-for-the-melbourne-film-fest-hackerslang_enlang_zh%e5%92%8c%e8%b0%90%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%b0%e9%9f%b3%e2%80%93%e2%80%93%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e5%af%bc%e6%bc%94%e9%80%80miff/#comment-796 howdy there, just needed to mention thanks for this post, it helped me notice one thing I hadnt given much thought to it before. howdy there, just needed to mention thanks for this post, it helped me notice one thing I hadnt given much thought to it before.

]]> By: anna http://www.sinopop.org/2009/07/27/lang_enone-harmonious-voice-for-the-melbourne-film-fest-hackerslang_enlang_zh%e5%92%8c%e8%b0%90%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%b0%e9%9f%b3%e2%80%93%e2%80%93%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e5%af%bc%e6%bc%94%e9%80%80miff/#comment-664 anna Sun, 13 Dec 2009 08:58:07 +0000 http://www.sinopop.org/2009/07/27/lang_enone-harmonious-voice-for-the-melbourne-film-fest-hackerslang_enlang_zh%e5%92%8c%e8%b0%90%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%b0%e9%9f%b3%e2%80%93%e2%80%93%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e5%af%bc%e6%bc%94%e9%80%80miff/#comment-664 "I’m not going to use my real name because I live in China" this made me laugh. I've wrote hundreds articles about communist party and i had lived in that country over 20 years, this's the very first tme heard writing a comment can be so dangerous. As Jia's friend, the only thing has shocked me so far is not most west press made his personal decision into a political issue,is not some stupid chinese newspaper and hacker bombarded the festival but the big attention the media(west+chinese) both gave to it--(because it's something about CHINA?)--this is silly part “I’m not going to use my real name because I live in China” this made me laugh. I’ve wrote hundreds articles about communist party and i had lived in that country over 20 years, this’s the very first tme heard writing a comment can be so dangerous.
As Jia’s friend, the only thing has shocked me so far is not most west press made his personal decision into a political issue,is not some stupid chinese newspaper and hacker bombarded the festival but the big attention the media(west+chinese) both gave to it–(because it’s something about CHINA?)–this is silly part

]]> By: Beelzebub http://www.sinopop.org/2009/07/27/lang_enone-harmonious-voice-for-the-melbourne-film-fest-hackerslang_enlang_zh%e5%92%8c%e8%b0%90%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%b0%e9%9f%b3%e2%80%93%e2%80%93%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e5%af%bc%e6%bc%94%e9%80%80miff/#comment-394 Beelzebub Mon, 03 Aug 2009 02:03:57 +0000 http://www.sinopop.org/2009/07/27/lang_enone-harmonious-voice-for-the-melbourne-film-fest-hackerslang_enlang_zh%e5%92%8c%e8%b0%90%e7%9a%84%e5%a3%b0%e9%9f%b3%e2%80%93%e2%80%93%e4%b8%ad%e5%9b%bd%e5%af%bc%e6%bc%94%e9%80%80miff/#comment-394 I'm not going to use my real name because I live in China. My only comment is this: When will the Chinese government realise that its bully-boy tactics are destroying the goodwill created by the Beijing Olympics and are going to have the opposite effect from that intended. Rebiya Kadeer was a complete unknown in the West before this. Thanks to the efforts of the Chinese government, she is now on the way to becoming a household name. People in the West do not like authoritarian governments telling them what to do and this kind of thing only reinforces old perceptions of an ugly, autocratic China. Forcing Chinese filmmakers to withdraw from the festival also devalues their work in the eyes of people in the West. An artist who supports what is perceived as oppression or imperialism (in the West) unfortunately loses stature as an artist. Why does China keep shooting itself in the foot? I’m not going to use my real name because I live in China.

My only comment is this:

When will the Chinese government realise that its bully-boy tactics are destroying the goodwill created by the Beijing Olympics and are going to have the opposite effect from that intended.

Rebiya Kadeer was a complete unknown in the West before this. Thanks to the efforts of the Chinese government, she is now on the way to becoming a household name. People in the West do not like authoritarian governments telling them what to do and this kind of thing only reinforces old perceptions of an ugly, autocratic China.

Forcing Chinese filmmakers to withdraw from the festival also devalues their work in the eyes of people in the West. An artist who supports what is perceived as oppression or imperialism (in the West) unfortunately loses stature as an artist.

Why does China keep shooting itself in the foot?

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