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[quote=STOCKTOV,227537]Recently on Chinese TV there's been a hot topic...about the Chinese Dragon. Or Long. Or Loong, as some websites call/spell it.With the impending arrival of the Olympics and other such international face-making opportunities for China, the Chinese have apparently been thinking a LOT about the kinds of symbols that represent them.And they have decided AGAINST the Dragon...not for any national reasons, but because they feel that the Western countries perceive Dragons as dangerous, evil and threatening. So the Chinese believe Westerners will think the Chinese are also like this...But, as a Western woman, I TOTALLY don't agree! I think Dragons are cool, and in recent years there have been a lot of films and stories etc. that have been released portraying Dragons as totally awesome. And, even if someone does believe that Dragon=bad, they usually know enough that the Chinese Dragon is different from our castle-knight variety of Dragon...and thus wouldn't make the assumption that Dragon=Bad therefore Chinese=Bad.How/why have the Chinese changed something so precious to their culture based on, what I believe, is a misconception of what Westerners believe?What do you all think? How do you feel about the Dragon? Do you agree that Westerners believe Dragons are evil and bad?[/quote]
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