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Originally posted by getreadyalready
Otherwise, if you are so proud of you own Nation, stay there!
Originally posted by marg6043
I did and I am an American born with Spanish roots.
Originally posted by fraterormus
Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
You didn't answer the question - Why would we (the U.S., who is supposed to be diametrically opposed to communism) celebrate the birth of a communist country?
Umm, Chinese National Day was 1st October, 1949. It is celebrated on 1st October of every year.
The date of this event is 22nd September, more than a week early. Therefore, it isn't a Chinese National Day celebration, or having anything to do with the birth of Communist China.
It's like trying to say that an event occurring on June 25th is celebrating the Birth of the United States which isn't celebrated until July 4th!
You are reading what you want to read into a Communist News Article (read "Propaganda") and drawing your own conclusions which are baseless and unfounded, only because the FoxHysteria hounds have jumped all over it and are convincing you to do likewise.
Overseas Chinese planned the ceremony in the US to celebrate China’s National Day, which falls on October 1.
“The ceremony has gotten official approval,” Xiao Shuigen, secretary of the Union of Chinese American Professional Organizations, said Sunday.
According to He Xiaohui, chairman of the Coordination Council of Chinese-American Associations, the ceremony is hosted by overseas Chinese organizations.
To celebrate the 60th birthday of China, and to express their love for the motherland, overseas Chinese will raise the Chinese flag at 10 am that day.
Originally posted by Iamonlyhuman
To answer your question - yes, I would want to but, for an appropriate example of being in a communist country, I would not expect them to hoist an American flag over their President's residence. I highly doubt China would ever allow this. In fact, I'm going to say that China would never allow it. WE should not allow this.
Actually China does fly the Stars & Stripes when our Heads of State visit China. They flew the Stars & Stripes at the Beijing Olympics even. China even flew the Stars & Stripes when Condoleeza Rice visited, according her the same diplomatic honor as a visiting Head of State!
But I suppose those that don't understand diplomacy should stay out of diplomacy.
However, years after Nixon first opened relations with Communist China, and 30 years of official diplomacy started with Communist China by Carter & Mondale, every president since has forged closer and closer relations. China has come a long way in those 30 years of diplomatic relations. It would be a shame to throw all the diplomatic progress we've made away by not showing proper diplomatic decorum to the Chinese that they display to even our lesser dignitaries such as our Secretaries of State.
Originally posted by GorehoundLarry
Seems the "patriots" here don't wanna see any other flag besides their own.
It's for a day. Not forever. Calm down.
Originally posted by JayinAR
Look folks, fraterormus set this straight a couple pages back.
The only thing to be concerned about is the timing of the event. It is a PR stunt by the Chinese government for the Chinese people.
Let them have it.
Not that we can do anything about it anyhow. We CANNOT say that we won't welcome their diplomats. They own too much of our economy. Besides, why would we?
This has been done in the past and will be done again in the future.
And I think it is a good thing.
We need to have a good relationship with our economic masters. If we don't, things would get ugly.
Originally posted by getreadyalready
reply to post by JayinAR
Hopefully Frat set us straight, but it was only speculation! No where in the OP does it say a Diplomat or Head of State is involved. There haven't been any announced visits by the White House saying this either.
Absent any confirmation of a visit, we have to go on the assumption that this is just a private citizen group of Chinese with enough influence to get the flag of an oppressive regime hoisted above the White House of the U.S.!!
I replied to Frat earlier as well; I hope it is an honorary reception to a diplomat, but otherwise it is an ominious fulfillment of one man's dream to have his Chinese flag flying in the Center of Washington, D.C.!!
Overseas Chinese planned the ceremony in the US to celebrate China’s National Day, which falls on October 1.
“The ceremony has gotten official approval,” Xiao Shuigen, secretary of the Union of Chinese American Professional Organizations, said Sunday.
According to He Xiaohui, chairman of the Coordination Council of Chinese-American Associations, the ceremony is hosted by overseas Chinese organizations.
To celebrate the 60th birthday of China, and to express their love for the motherland, overseas Chinese will raise the Chinese flag at 10 am that day.