Hurting the feelings of the Chinese people

Headquarters building of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Chaoyang District, Beijing

"Hurting the feelings of the Chinese people" (simplified Chinese: 伤害中国人民的感情; traditional Chinese: 傷害中國人民的感情; pinyin: shānghài Zhōngguó rénmín de gǎnqíng) is a political catchphrase used by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, in addition to Chinese state media organisations and Chinese Communist Party–affiliated news outlets such as the People's Daily,[1] the China Daily[2] and Xinhua News Agency[3] to express dissatisfaction with or condemnation of the words, actions or policies of a person, organisation, or government that are perceived to be of an adversarial nature towards China, through the adoption of an argumentum ad populum position against the condemned target.[4][5][6][7] Alternative forms of the catchphrase include "hurting the feelings of 1.3 billion people"[3][note 1] (simplified Chinese: 伤害13亿人民感情; traditional Chinese: 傷害13億人民感情) and "hurting the feelings of the Chinese nation" (simplified Chinese: 伤害中华民族的感情; traditional Chinese: 傷害中華民族的感情).[8][9]

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  4. ^ Bandurski, David (January 29, 2016). "Hurting the feelings of the "Zhao family"". University of Hong Kong. China Media Project. Archived from the original on February 4, 2016.
  5. ^ 中国留学生“玻璃心”缘何而来？. Deutsche Welle (in Chinese). September 9, 2017. Archived from the original on October 15, 2017.
  6. ^ Bandurski, David (January 29, 2016). "Why so sensitive? A complete history of China's 'hurt feelings'". Hong Kong Free Press. Archived from the original on December 9, 2016. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  7. ^ Richburg, Keith B. (February 22, 2018). "China's hard power and hurt feelings". Nikkei Asian Review. Archived from the original on April 8, 2018.
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  9. ^ a b 《人民日報》評論員文章. People's Daily (in Chinese). October 13, 2000. Archived from the original on September 3, 2020.


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