User banned (1 week): Inflammatory false equivalencies on the topic of xenophobia
The problematic take is that we can no longer critique China on Uighur Labour Camps, suppression in Tibet, clampdown on Hong Kong, expansion in Africa before being careful with our language.
Same applies from English to French and Portuguese.
In French (Canadian Press and French Press) uses the same terminology as in English when journslistically talking about a foreign government = they name the Country because the Country by name is the government.
In French "La Chine" means "China" and in context of newspaper headlines it does mean the Government
I speak French and Portuguese also.Language matters. Americans, by and large, are very, very poor at separating ethnic groups from their country of origin. When people say China, they think ethnic Chinese people. So when the ad says, "40,000 travelers from China," do you really think the average American is going to think, "Well, when he said 40,000 travelers, of course he meant Americans returning from business trips, vacations, and other people of varied ethnic backgrounds." No, when he hears, "40,000 travelers from China," all he's going to think is 40,000 ethnic Chinese people. And the way it was framed in that ad, they made it sound as though it was a hoard of disease-carrying Chinese people that touched down and spread the virus.
Maybe you can make that distinction, but don't pretend for even a second that the vast majority of Americans can also make that same distinction. The fact that Koreans, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thais, Hmong, etc. living in America have also been targeted for hate crimes during all this should tell you that much.
Same applies from English to French and Portuguese.
In French (Canadian Press and French Press) uses the same terminology as in English when journslistically talking about a foreign government = they name the Country because the Country by name is the government.
In French "La Chine" means "China" and in context of newspaper headlines it does mean the Government