HK poll about White House meeting.
Another interesting tidbit from EastSouthWestNorth.¬† The popular HK paper Oriental Daily did a phone poll on their reactions to all the snafus during Hu’s visit.¬† Here are the results:
Issue: The White House master of ceremony announced the playing of the national anthem of the Republic of China.
- 33% said that the American goverment deliberate set this up to insult China
- 21% said that the American government was of poor quality
- 23% said that it was an unintentional mistake
 
Issue: When the female FLG member disrupted Hu Jintao’s speech, she was allowed to go on for almost three minutes before the secret service agents removed her.
- 79% said that the American government should apologize
-   9% said that the American government should not apologize
Issue: How should China protest against what occurred?
- 43% said China should demand an apology from the American government
- 22% said China should lodge a diplomatic protest
-   6% said China should cancel the recently signed purchase contracts
 
Issue: Do you think that the United States is a trustworthy partner?
- 17% said USA is a trustworthy partner
- 62% said USA is not a trustworthy partner
It’s interesting that HK people have such a negative take on everything, considering they’re not always too fond of the Mainland government.¬†
Here’s a link to the ESWN page: http://www.zonaeuropa.com/20060422_2.htm#037
Here’s their link to the Oriental Daily article, in Chinese:
http://orientaldaily.orisun.com/new/new_a_p51cnt.html
(To see the poll results, click on the tiny pie graphs on the right.)