China Demands Apology From CNN's Cafferty For "Goons And Thugs" Comment

The New York Times' Jim Yardley writes that Chinese officials are demanding CNN apologize for Jack Cafferty's comments last week. In the April 9 broadcast of "The Situation Room," seen below, Cafferty referred to Chinese exports as "junk" and described the nation as "goons and thugs." From the Times:

Jiang Yu, a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, categorized the remarks as a slander against all Chinese people, though CNN later said the criticism by the commentator, Jack Cafferty, reflected his personal opinion and was focused solely on the government.

"We are shocked at, and strongly condemn, the vicious remarks" by Mr. Cafferty "against the Chinese people," Ms. Jiang said during a regular news briefing. "We solemnly demand that CNN and Cafferty retract his vicious remarks and apologize to the whole Chinese people."

CNN issued a statement saying that Mr. Cafferty's comments represented his "strongly held" opinion of the Chinese government, not the Chinese people. The network added, "It was not Mr. Cafferty's nor CNN's intent to cause offense to the Chinese people," and said CNN "would apologize to anyone who has interpreted the comments in this way."

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[TakeSake]

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[znfxx7331]

it's a pity that my comments which were wrote in Chinese couldn't display .
but the main idea is that you do not know the situation in China and what you watched on TV, web, or nespaper were quite different with the truth.
in addition,you can have a look on http://www.anti-cnn.com/ .it will tell you in what way your media covered the news ...

[TakeSake]

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[swingler]

I am a Chinese born and live in China. Never been to US but in Europe for some period.

to znfxx7331: your Chinese text is not readable to Chinese as well. But you stick to Chinese dignity.

I read something about respect Chinese traditional XXX which means China 50 years ago. These people are ignorant. China at that time surely has more bloodshed, but not reported so much to the west.

I dislike communist, they are torturing themselves as well. But I sense more US pride here just 'cause of being an American. For Chinese, communist army fought US troops so hard in Korea and helped Vietnam beat GI so badly. China lost every war since 1848, but not after 1949 with communist army. Wars with U.S, Soviet Union, India, Vietnam are nightmare to both, not just to Chinese anymore.

I respect U.S freedom, but China has such a miserable history that made Communist emerge and took power. Who could blame the people killing GI for their own coutry. Who could blame the workers earning 1 dollar for their old grand parents and young babies? Who could blame the hardworking peasants trying to get the 1 dollar job for better living?

I earn thousands of dollar per month and I know thousands American gave their lives helping Chinese people fighting Japan in WW2.

But kindly remind, too pride and less respect comes the nightmare like Vietnam.

[aqi]

If in 911,Chinese medium tell the lies.If Chinese goverment permit the Taliban protest American's dictatorsh­ip.If all Chinese help the Taliban protest American.I­f Chnese and his ally's president meet with Usama Bin Laden ，and face the medium's time says they sustain Usama Bin Laden .If Chinese medium says the White should be GET OUT America and BACK TO The British. HOW DO AMERICANS Think !!??

[loki]

You know, if you exchange the name China, for America , Cafferty would still be telling the truth.

[anotherplayaguy]

I think Cafferty should apologize to the goons and thugs.

[GeoNorth]

ChIna's leaders are most certainly goons and thugs. They claim to be joining the rest of the world, but they have no idea how the rest of the world thinks. To kick up their agreesion against Tibet not only shows their lack of empathy for a small country which they claim their own, but they have no idea how politics work. THey think that they can dictate their wishes to the rest of the world. The leaders in China are corrupt. every move is designed to keep them in power. As for the Olympics, the athletes should compete where they can (polution will prevent participation in some games), but world leaders should be absent of the opening ceremonies. THe athletes at this ceremony should march in and when they reach the viewing stand, shout "Free Tibet". It'll be fun watching the Chinese try to stop that one.

[loki]

I am not siding with China in any way, but.. If you look at what the Chinese government does, and look at what our government does, they are similar. Sure, or government doesnt openly torture and kill people who dont agree with them, and our Government doesnt restrict freedoms to the same extent, but, but invading, Chinese politicians and Us politicians do have a lot in common.

[Oldbuck]

Jack Cafferty is the only reason I turn on CNN because his tell it like it is personality reminds me that their was a time we didn't have to be so politically correct. I will tell CNN on thing if it were not for Jack CNN would have one less viewer.

[znfxx7331]

亲爱的美国朋友：

我原本是考虑用英语评­论的，但是，鉴于对美­国人对于“平等”思想­的推崇，所以我放弃了­，我想我看的是英语，­你们也应该看中文，这­样不是很“公平”嘛！

看过你们对于CNN时­间的评论后，我很诧异­，但是，我想说的是：­Cafferty should apologize!
我不曾看到过CCTV­的主持人对着镜头，说­着美国如何。。。如何­。。。这是新闻从业人­员最基本的职业道德，­难到Cafferty­连这点常识都不懂吗？
我很不明白，对着电视­镜头无止境的漫骂和侮­辱就是你们所谓的言论­自由吗？或许是因为美­国只用了惊人的300­年，就从原始社会进化­到现代社会，以至于还­不明白什么叫做“文明­”？除此之外，请恕我­找不到其他的理由去解­释~~~

关于“They’re holding hundreds of billions of dollars worth of our paper.”，众所­周知，中国与美国的贸­易以加工贸易为主，而­我们的员工赚取的只是­少得可怜的加工费，而­数以千亿计的美元是多­少人，多少日夜，多少­汗水的结晶！
不用我说，加工贸易中­，哪方赚的更多就不用­我给你们解释了吧。

关于“we continue to import their junk with the lead paint on them and the poisoned pet food and export”，请问­你们在市场上看到的标­有“MADE IN CHINA”的产品有­多少是垃圾或者是毒药­呢？并且我们的政府一­直努力加强对相关企业­的监管和外贸出口管制­，而且取得了很大的成­效。
另外，我不明白为什么­有些人明明对我们“物­美价廉”的商品爱不释­手，为何还要野蛮诋毁­，中国有句古话“得了­便宜还卖乖”或许是最­好的诠释！如果不是这­样，为什么“MADE IN CHINA”的产品在­美国还有那么大的市场­？

关于“Wal-Mar­t”，你们在Wal-­Mart买到的商品在­加工时只要花费1美圆­就能打发我们的工人！­难道我们的工人是乞丐­？
我们有我们的最低工资­标准，如果你还幻想着­用几美圆就把我们的工­人给打发的话，准备好­栽一个大跟头吧，美国­佬！

关于一些网友的评论：
1、关于“one child per family policy”，中国­有着世界上最多的人口­，如果任由人口继续增­长，无论是对中国还是­对于世界都将是一场灾­难，如果有一天美国突­然之间
多出13亿人，你是否­回很乐意地说“我们是­世界上最美好的国家，­来，把我的财富拿去分­了吧！”。
2、关于“Communism and Conservati­sm”，我很骄傲的说­我们很幸运地生活在共­产主义的领导下国家，­在“改革开放”的路上­中国取得了越来越伟大­的成就。
3、“all power and wealth flowing to the top 10% of the in-group; sounds like the Neocon vision of America to me.He is telling the truth ”，我承认在中国，贫­富差距成为了一个很大­的问题，这是改革遗留­下来的问题，没人能确­定改革是完美的，并且­中国政府致力于收入的­合理分配，比如税收
制度的改革，最低工资­标准等一系列的措施。
4、关于“bringing a coal fired powerplant PER WEEK online”，中国­处在发展的开始阶段的­时候，难免会把环境问­题处理的不是很好，但­是现在，我们的政府在­处理环境问题的时候投­入了大量的人力物力，­打击污染环境的企业，­对不合格的企业停业整­顿，并且中国早在１９­９８年５月签署并于２­００２年８月核准了 《京都议定书》也就是­《联合国气候变化框架­公约》，而到目前为止­世界主要工业发达国家­中只有“一个国家”没­有签署《京都议定书》­！说起来就搞笑！
5、关于“China has one of the most brutal, oppressive governments in the world”，中国有­着56个民族，虽然汉­族人数居多，但是我们­一直相处友好，像一个­大家庭一样。
而在美国，自称“民主­”的地方，为什么会发­生“Michael Jackson 冒着得一身病的危险把­自己染成白色”的事情­呢？
6、关于“Tibet and Taiwan”,似乎­美国人一直对于别的国­家的内政特别“感兴趣­”。有人说中国政府在­西藏进行“大屠杀”，­请问你到过西藏，你以­前知道西藏吗？你又是­如何确信在大屠杀呢？­美国说伊拉克这个除了­石油就是石油的国家有­核武器，并用M-16­和数字部队把人家打得­国破家亡的时候，却没­有发现核武器的踪影，­难道你们在对伊拉克发­动战争之前不是对这件­事深信不疑吗？
关于台湾问题，这个问­题没办法一言两语解释­清楚，总之，如果美国­在台湾问题上做错了的­话，13亿中国人民将­会恨你们一辈子！你应­该明白我们的感受！

这就是我想说的一切，­如果我在表达上有什么­过激的地方“I would apologize to anyone who has interpreted the comments in this way”。

小郭

（Furthermore,if you really want to know what I wrote down,please ask someone who really konws China and Chinese to translate it for you! ）

[jonesgen57]

Maybe after China pulls out of Tibet and apologizes for murdering over a million people there, not to mention untold numbers of others killed in other areas under their control, including their own citizens, and as Hillary likes to remind us, their own baby daughters (one child per family policy).

[ohiomark]

Why does China sound like liberals?

Hey China, what happened to free speech?

Oh yeah, I forgot, China doesn't have free speech....­....my bad!!

[TakeSake]

What are you talking about? China and the Neocons - two sides of the same nightmare.

[ohiomark]

The only thing Communism and Conservatism have in common is the letter "C" that begin both words.

[TakeSake]

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[pennyfortheguy]

The inscrutable Chinese'll get their pound of flesh.

[srtjsrtj]

Jack Cafferty owes no one an apology he is the most honest TV reporter in the business. He simply tells it like it is.

[emerywood]

" Trash China and the Chinese, Cafferty, that is an order from above ! "
Why ?
" You don't need to know why. Just do it ! "
" It is diabolical, timely and treacherou­s."
" It will be too late when you find out why."