Did you hear about those Americans who flew into Beijing wearing breathing masks? China should respect their human rights and buy them tickets to go straight home. If you want to protest, go back to the US!
-My Dad
One of the things I noticed going home is that there's a lot of pride in the Chinese expat community in these Olympics. Sometimes overly so, like when my Dad says stuff like that. (Clearly, there were concerns about the pollution in Beijing, and if you've been training your whole life for something, I can see why you'd want to do everything to protect your chances of winning. And anyways, how does wearing a mask have anything to do with protests or human rights?)
Must be frustrating at times to be a Chinese expat though. You're constantly getting the Western spin on things going on at home, which, to put it lightly, isn't always fair. Especially if you were raised to see it from the other side.
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