[Han Han, a famous young writer and influential blogger, has come up with seven joking reasons to boycott French products as the following (translated by Oiwan Lam, from Global Voice Online ):
First: We must distract our attention and find some fun in it. Our party report said that “Judging from the French politics, Sarkozy has a difficult time. The economy is going down, unemployment rate is high and he has lost people’s support. Therefore Sarkozy has to work on human right and Tibet issues to distract people’s attention”.The same logic applies to China. The Chinese government also has difficult time. The economy is going down, unemployment rate is high and it has lost people’s support. Therefore it has to work on human right and Tibet issues to distract people’s attention.
Second: Can’t afford to buy French product. The stock has gone down, economy is in regression, other factors like energy price and taxation etc.. Expensive French product is now becoming more luxurious. Since we can’t afford it, why not joining the boycott team in exchange for the good name of being patriotic? When the economy becomes better, we can make use of this good name for a good position.
Third: We can protect our government. This is very important. The present government is selected by our father and grand father’s generation and therefore represents us. When our government is correct, it means we are correct, if it has face, it means we have face. If we win in this political and economic struggle, the government wins. However, if we lose, it is our mistake. The ignorant mass has been incited by a small fraction of people and triggered a wave of narrow minded nationalism. We have caused damage for our country’s diplomatic relation. This provides staircase for our government to exist the stage.
Four: The boycott can prevent corruption… It has great impact to those government official who are eager to have overseas study tour. Their wives are key consumers in the duty free shop. If we boycott French product, they will be hesitated to bring the French luxurious items back to China. As they are not so trendy, it takes a while for them to identify other substitutes. The boycott can thus prevent corruption.
Five: The boycott can help my automobile racing team… (Translator note: the main competitor in the automobile race is Citroen.)
Six: Can prevent government official from escape. France has become the most popular spot for Chinese officials to disappear during their study tour…
Seven: Can reduce the cost for chasing girl. You can tell those girls who love French luxurious items that for the sake of our country, I won’t buy you this. ]
必须抵制法国货 (2008-12-10 03:52:37)
标签：杂谈
这次我们官方号召老百姓抵制法国货，以表达愤怒，达到在动物世界中的弄大自己恐吓对手的效果，但这次的煽动不大到位，群众的反应不热烈，而且对于时尚爱国青年来说，法国已经抵制过一次了，又要抵制法国，显得有点过气了，没有新意，没有突破，时尚爱国青年都等着上级思想部门发新专辑呢，结果一听，我靠是张精选集，大家也都有点疲劳，使得政府不得不像燃油税那时候一样，再次制造民意，编造出八成网友赞成抵制，九成网友表达愤怒等段子。但是，和上次不同的是，这次我却很支持抵制法国货，原因有那么几点：
第一，我们必须要转移注意力，找点乐子。我们的党报写道“ 从法国的政局看，萨科齐日子的确不好过。经济不景气，失业大幅增加，民众支持率下降，于是萨科齐在人权问题、涉藏问题上动脑筋了，想在这些方面整出点动静来，转移公众的视线。”
彼此彼此的，从中国的政局看，当局的日子的确也不好过，经济不景气，失业大幅增加，民众支持率下降，于是当局在人权问题，涉藏问题上动脑筋了，想在这方面整出点动静来，转移公众的视线。
现在的经济情况的确不乐观，而且要过年了，大家需要像当年抵制家乐福那样，热热闹闹的，让我们暂时忘记生活的压力。
第二，买不起法国货了。因为大家的股票缩水，经济衰退，能源加税等等原因，一向不便宜的法国货现在看来更奢侈了。既然暂时买不起，不如加入抵制的队伍，这样一来，可以换取爱国的好名声，以便在经济复苏的时候借这个头衔东山再起。
第三，可以保全我们的政府。这是很重要的，我们的当局是当年我们的爸爸和爷爷们亲自选出来的，所以说，他代表了我们，他正确就代表我们正确，他有面子就代表我们有面子。在互相的经济政治博弈中，如果我们获得了胜利，那就是当局胜利了，也就等于我们胜利了，但万一我们失手了，那这就是我们的错，是不明真相的群众受到了一小撮人的煽动，引发了狭隘的民族主义浪潮，因为我们的不顾大局导致了外交受阻经济受损，给政府台阶，胜造七级浮屠。
第四，可以防腐败。大家都知道，现在抵制法国货正欢的人可能不是法国货的购买群体，有些人可能还在为Q币发愁，也有些人可能五毛一个帖子五毛一个帖子的积攒不起什么钱来，而我本人平时也不用什么法国来的奢侈品，所以，抵制法国货对我们的生活没有什么影响，但是对一些官员和喜欢出国考察的领导的影响很大，在世界各地的免税店里，他们，尤其是他们的太太是法国货的消费的主力。抵制了法国货，他们就不好意思把法国奢侈品背回中国，而他们又比较落伍，一时估计也没听说过别国的奢侈品，所以短时间内限制了他们的消费，在表面上等于防止了腐败的发生。
第五，可以帮助我的拉力车队。虽然我明年会转会，但是我还是希望上海大众333车队在全国拉力锦标赛的1600CC组中获胜，它最大的对手就是东风雪铁龙，如果抵制成功，全国人民都不买雪铁龙，那么东风雪铁龙这个车队也将难以维持，我的老东家就可以不战而胜。同样，如果你是法拉利车队的车迷，你可以让雷诺倒闭，这样，雷诺就会继本田之后退出F1。
第六，可以防止官员出逃。法国最近成为了中国外出考察团的官员们最喜欢失踪的地方，一旦中法交恶，那出国考察势必也难以选择法国，在欧盟国家内也考察的可能性也减小，中国官员们的出国考察团势必要选择其他购物和娱乐的天堂，这样一举可以摧毁他们出逃欧洲的多年人脉和关系的准备。
第七，可以降低泡妞的成本。一旦抵制的浪潮掀起，你就可以对喜欢法国奢侈品的女孩子们说，为了国家，我不会给你买这个的。
综上所述，抵制法国货是利大于弊的，这和抵制日本货还不一样，抵制日本货，可能要影响到我们自己的生活便利，而且更可能做到言行不一，遭人诟病，但抵制法国货更容易做到一些，我们的几亿农民，几亿工人，几亿穷人，几亿廉价劳动力们正以自己的实际行动，这些年一直默默无闻的坚定抵制着法国货。虽然，我觉得等我们的普通的工人和农民们都能买得起法国货的时候再谈抵制，时机上更合适一点，但是，在这个我们的政府面子上受到了委屈的时刻，我们还要等什么呢，我们早已是义愤填膺，爱国难耐，现在只等在各大网站和报纸建议抵制法国货的号召者以及我们的官太太和官二奶们自己把家里的法国货拿出来当众烧毁，而我们必将随后赶到。
“Third: We can protect our government.” Why on earth would anyone want to do that?? Isn’t the rulings of Yang Jia enough to show how politically insensitive and corrupt things are here??
Boycotting any produce based on this kind of fear is just plain Xenophobic (the Shanghainese know plenty about that!). Han Han truly has zero understanding about the political and economic make-up of our current times… That’s so worrying for such a famous Blogger… Where have all the intellectuals gone? Why are we putting up with this type of 五毛党 (Han Han) content which is there to just spark a reaction and continue a dying bread of thinking??
[note] Obviously I misread the “joke” in here, since HanHan’s opinion’s are actually all too commonly found in the national mentality here
To Atruechina:
Thanks for your comments. Han Han is trying to, I suppose, make fun of the “boycotting for patriotism” stuff; and often it is more effective than a serious rebuke. To use a Chinese idiom, it is “to leave sb. at large in order to apprehend him afterwords.” (欲擒故纵[yù qín gù zòng])
林语堂曾说：中国就有这么一群奇怪的人，本身是最底阶层，利益每天都在被损害，却具有统治阶级的意识。在动物世界里找这么弱智的东西都几乎不可能。
Citroën/PSA has had an assembly plant that produces high quality cars and provides your citizens with good paying jobs. The same can be said about Japanese,Korean, and German car companies here in the U.S. They provide a well made product that is giving U.S. citizens good wages.
Recently the U.S. auto company, General Motors has chosen Shanghai as it’s world headquarters.
Should they be boycotted too with the way the Buick is selling in your country?
We are just a piece in a very large pie. Isolationism is what your country did for 50 years, and now you are doing an extremely good job of playing catch up.
Thanks for a nice article with your insight into things.
Denis