华尔街日报前几天发表了一篇文章,"China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia"(嘴炮是媒体天职,英、法、德、日、美、俄等国家都曾被称为「xx病夫」)。很多人认为 "Sick Man of Asia" 约等于「东亚病夫」,是侮辱中国和华人。有人向白宫请愿,要求华尔街日报道歉,也有读者向我转发了征集签名的邮件。我写这篇文章时已经有近8万人签名,只需在3月7日之前再征集2万个签名,就可得到白宫的回复。
虽然我不喜欢 "Sick Man of Asia" 这个词语,但是「咱们去找白宫请愿吧」这件事情更让我困惑。你想让白宫做什么呢?白宫能做什么呢?媒体有言论自由,总统不是华尔街日报的老板、上级或大股东,就算 Trump 不喜欢这篇报道,他根本没有权力要求华尔街日报道歉。自由派媒体天天怼总统,川普也经常骂他们是 "fake media",若白宫有本事让媒体道歉甚至闭嘴,《华盛顿邮报》、《纽约时报》和 CNN 早就关门了。
根据白宫请愿网站 "We the People" 的说明,若在30天内征集超过10万个签名,白宫将回复。未达到这一要求的请愿,将被存档、不再公开显示。也就是说,"We the People" 网站公开显示的请愿有两部分:
- 历年来在30天内征集了10万个签名的请愿。
- 虽然未达到10万个签名,但由于是最近30天内发起、尚未存档的请愿。
我写作这篇文章时,白宫公开的请愿共146个(参见下表),其中超过10万签名的请愿85个,尚未达到10万签名的请愿61个。其中不少请愿让人哭笑不得,比如要求将 NBA 的 Logo 改成 Kobe Bryant。你是科比的球迷我理解,但你好像拜错了庙,就好比找二郎神求子、怕高数挂科去给朱庇特上香,他们真不管这事。
家里的母猪不下崽,得请兽医,拦皇上的轿子喊冤是浪费时间。
在浏览这些请愿的时候,我发现极大比例跟华人相关,包括标题里有 "China"、"Hong Kong" 或 "Taiwan" 字样:
- 超过10万签名的85个请愿中,有52个与华人相关,占比61.2%。
- 最近30天内发起、不足10万签名的61个请愿中,23个与华人相关,占比37.7%。
其中有大量请愿是要求美国政府惩罚在香港抗议活动中扮演各种角色的政府官员。
根据2010年人口普查,美国共有华人约400万,约占全美3.08亿人口的1.30%。"We the People" 白宫请愿中与华人相关的话题,远远、远远超出了华裔在美国的人口比例。是否可以得出结论:相比其他族裔,华人更喜欢向白宫请愿;甚至可以说,向白宫请愿这事,主要就是华人在做(包括来自香港、台湾的华人)?这是为什么呢?难道是因为身在海外的华人,仍然习惯了「陛下请替小民做主」的思维吗?
如果你不喜欢华尔街日报的文章,最简单的方法是不理他。不看、不订阅、不传播。一篇文章而已,掀起不了多大风浪。泱泱大国,这点自信要有。如果不是因为大家在四处传播,很多人(比如我)根本就不会知道那篇文章。
如果你实在咽不下这口气,想投诉的话应该找华尔街日报的编辑部、投资人、广告主,而不是找白宫。如果你一定要找政府请愿的话,不要找美国政府,应该找中国政府。2018年,万豪酒店因在调查问卷中将香港、澳门、台湾和西藏与中国并列,引起很多人不满,最后全球 CEO 公开道歉,原因并不是美国政府施压,而是因为上海政府关闭了万豪的中国网站和 App 并约谈了其中国高管(见纽约时报报道)。这事找上海政府比找美国政府有用多了。
附:"We the People" 现有请愿统计
(按签名数量排序,整理于2020-02-08)
# | 主题 | 签名 | 华人相关 |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Divest or put in a blind trust all of the President's business and financial assets | 370,516 | No |
2 | Impeach Nancy Pelosi for crimes of Treason! | 327,964 | No |
3 | Please ask New York state to overturn recent abortion expansion laws. | 314,567 | No |
4 | Repeal the NFA | 309,693 | No |
5 | Revoke the U.S. Citizenship and Visas of the Hong Kong and China Officials who are in Support of the Extradition Bill. | 295,418 | Yes |
6 | Do Not Repeal Net Neutrality | 283,496 | No |
7 | US Government will punish China Government for the execution of Emergency Regulation Ordinance in Hong Kong. | 232,768 | Yes |
8 | Take actions on supporting Taiwan for joining WHO | 228,175 | Yes |
9 | #ChineseLivesMatters Calling a federal investigation into the United Airlines incident on 10th April 2017 | 214,561 | Yes |
10 | Stop the landfill of Henoko / Oura Bay until a referendum can be held in Okinawa | 211,838 | No |
11 | Make Junius Ho Kwan Yiu and his immediate family members ineligible for U.S. Entry, Citizenship and Visas | 202,723 | Yes |
12 | Declare George Soros a terrorist and seize all of his related organizations' assets under RICO and NDAA law | 199,362 | No |
13 | Stop Qatar from yet another dubious act. How can a pro-terrorism nation mediate between United States and Iran? | 176,740 | No |
14 | Global Magnitsky Act for Pro-Beijing officials of the Hong Kong Executive Council | 174,468 | Yes |
15 | Officially recognize Hong Kong Police Force (HKPF) led by Commissioner Stephen LO Wai-chung as a Terrorist Organization | 169,799 | Yes |
16 | Stop Donald Trump from signing the federal flavor ban of e-cig products. | 166,186 | No |
17 | Yes to regime change in Iran, No to dialog with a pro-terrorism government | 165,628 | No |
18 | Deport Maria Gabriela Chavez, and send her back to Venezuela. | 151,580 | No |
19 | Hong Kong say NO to Carrie Lam's so-called "concessions", Continue Call the US to Pass HK Human Rights and Democracy Act | 150,304 | Yes |
20 | Allow for Cadet Peter Wang to receive a Full Honors Military Burial | 145,401 | No |
21 | Please Send Medical Army to Hong Kong. Hong Kong is under a Humanitarian Disaster. | 145,310 | Yes |
22 | Donald Trump: Resign as President of the United States in Violation of the Emoluments Clause. Release Your Tax Returns | 142,752 | No |
23 | The removal of Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) from office, do to inappropriate and unstable actions becoming of a congresswoman. | 141,492 | No |
24 | Jd.com, inc inducing consumers which leads to millions of people have been cheated for tens of billions of dollars. | 137,316 | Yes |
25 | Revoke the visas of Chinese college students who disrupted the otherwise peaceful pro-Hong Kong protests | 135,534 | Yes |
26 | Extradition Law Amendment in Hong Kong – Threat to Personal Safety and Freedom | 134,911 | Yes |
27 | Please send US Armed force to Hong Kong to rescue citizens from the massacre carried out by the Hong Kong Police Force. | 134,351 | Yes |
28 | Protect Free Speech in the Digital Public Square | 131,374 | No |
29 | Please expose the truths and punish brutality to youngsters in San Uk Ling Holding Centre in Hong Kong. | 131,230 | Yes |
30 | Hong Kong Universal Suffrage Plan | 130,211 | Yes |
31 | The United States should formally recognize Taiwan as the independently governed nation it has been for over 60 years. | 128,168 | Yes |
32 | Save the people of Iraq from their corrupt government of the last 16+ years. | 126,346 | No |
33 | Stop HK Police sexually assaulting protestors. Please pass the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act. | 125,714 | Yes |
34 | STOP THE COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT OF MINORITIES IN SOUTH AFRICA | 125,050 | No |
35 | CONDEMN India's Denial of Justice to the Victims of November 1984 Sikh Genocide | 124,770 | No |
36 | Expulsion For Maxine Waters – Remove Her From Congress | 124,634 | No |
37 | Make Yu HOI KWAN and her immediate family members ineligible for U.S. Entry, Citizenship and Visas | 124,316 | Yes |
38 | Over 1.5 Million American jobs in jeopardy upon the change of the EB-5 rule – Must re-define the limitations of the visa | 123,218 | No |
39 | Sanction Hong Kong government for its State Terrorism conducted in Prince Edward train station, Hong Kong on 8/31 | 123,135 | Yes |
40 | Please pass the bill "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" | 120,884 | Yes |
41 | Make Kong Wing Cheung and his immediate family members ineligible for U.S. Entry, Citizenship and Visas | 120,818 | Yes |
42 | Please nominate the Hong Kong freedom fighters for the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 | 120,672 | Yes |
43 | Bring our loved ones back from "Al Udeid" Air Base | 119,999 | No |
44 | We The People Call for The Resignation of FCC Chairman Ajit Varadaraj Pai | 119,851 | No |
45 | Please reject the nomination of Andy Tsang Wai-hung for positions in United Nations | 118,090 | Yes |
46 | Hongkongers support Congress to introduce and pass be water Act | 118,002 | Yes |
47 | Award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Parkland Shooting HERO and victim, Peter Wang, who died saving others | 117,979 | No |
48 | Save Oleg Sentsov | 116,751 | No |
49 | Please include the top managements of MTR Corporation Limited in "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" | 115,235 | Yes |
50 | Chinese police impersonating Hong Kong police officers in anti-extradition bill protest | 114,779 | Yes |
51 | Make Tse Chun Chung John and his immediate family members ineligible for U.S. Entry, Citizenship and Visas | 114,196 | Yes |
52 | President Trump: Please liberate Hong Kong from Communist China's occupation | 114,175 | Yes |
53 | Please impose sanctions on Hong Kong police until all that have committed state terrorism crimes are brought to justice | 113,659 | Yes |
54 | Petition calling for the suspension of crowd control equipment exports to Hong Kong, prevent human rights abuses | 113,097 | Yes |
55 | Sanction Hong Kong government for its State Terrorism activity conducted in Yuen Long train station, Hong Kong on 7/21 | 113,016 | Yes |
56 | A Peace Treaty on the Korean Peninsula | 112,158 | No |
57 | Sanction Hong Kong Police | 111,998 | Yes |
58 | C.Y. Leung must be gounded for U.S. and Europe, his foreign assets must be frozen. He offers bounty to arrest protestors | 111,574 | Yes |
59 | Immediate cancellation of visa or citizenships and expelsion of HKSAR top officials and police officers & family members | 111,015 | Yes |
60 | Please include Television Broadcasts Limited (TVB) in "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" | 110,912 | Yes |
61 | Oppose Japan and the IOC's decision to use the "rising sun" flag in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics | 110,835 | No |
62 | Ask the International Olympics Commission & Corporate Sponsors to relocate or cancel the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics | 110,177 | Yes |
63 | Please include the Hong Kong Police Group in "Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act" | 109,908 | Yes |
64 | Seize the assets and revoke the US Citizenship of the VC of the HK Hung Hom Police Division – Mr. Chung Nga Lun. | 109,720 | Yes |
65 | Sanction Daniel Ortega under the Magnitsky Act | 109,416 | No |
66 | Juniors Law | 109,196 | No |
67 | American people, say NO loudly to sexual assault! | 108,827 | No |
68 | Call for Official Recognition of the Chinese Communist Party as a Terrorist Organization | 108,432 | Yes |
69 | Condemn China's Concentration Camps and Prevent a 21st Century Holocaust in East Turkistan | 108,411 | Yes |
70 | Requesting international humanitarian aid/assistance for unprotected Hong Kong citizens | 108,129 | Yes |
71 | Saivian LLc. USA and Saivian International Inc Scam | 107,764 | No |
72 | Hongkongers urge Congress to pass the Protect Hong Kong Act | 107,491 | Yes |
73 | President Trump, Please Admit Hong Kong as a US Protectorate! | 106,644 | Yes |
74 | Request for Sanctions Against Those Responsible for the Extradition Law Amendment in Hong Kong | 106,063 | Yes |
75 | Request communist China government to redeem imperial dynasty's bond | 106,011 | Yes |
76 | List the Hong Kong Police as a Terrorist organization in the United States DOS list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations | 105,970 | Yes |
77 | Call on our Government to step in and do something about Vincristine shortage! | 104,855 | No |
78 | Appeal to add genuine dual universal suffrage in Hong Kong as a part of phase 2 agreement between US and China | 104,771 | Yes |
79 | Re-establish government and HK Police | 104,208 | Yes |
80 | Unblocking the Banned Chinese Social Media Accounts on Twitter, Facebook and YouTube | 103,404 | Yes |
81 | Freeze assets of Chinese government-backed entity in response to seizing humane support funds of Hong Kong protestors | 102,623 | Yes |
82 | Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics Corporate Sponsors Don't Deserve Tax Benefits—So Don't Help Them Fund CCP Propaganda Again! | 102,521 | Yes |
83 | Recognize the Rapid Support Forces led by General Hemedti (Janjaweed leader) in Sudan as Terrorist Organization | 101,751 | No |
84 | Arabian Gulf is not and never been PERSIAN !!! | 101,721 | No |
85 | Help Congress Act on the Mass Genocide of Uighur Muslims in China | 101,589 | Yes |
86 | Demand DOJ Investigate Corruption Involved in the Christian Andreacchio Murder Investigation | 95,224 | No |
87 | Racially Discriminatory Article Title on Wall Street Journal | 77,032 | Yes |
88 | The Hong Kong government's hard-pressed national anthem law violates one country, two systems and freedom of speech | 54,184 | Yes |
89 | Hong Konger strongly hope USA can warning to Hong Kong Police cant adding an electric gun for new weapon | 46,179 | Yes |
90 | Petition for CDC's support in the battle against 2019-nCoV outbreak in Hong Kong | 30,023 | Yes |
91 | Nominate Chinese Coronavirus Whistle Blower Dr. Li WenLiang Nobel Peace Prize | 25,732 | Yes |
92 | Support Hong Kong people's right to strike and sanction figures suppressing basic human rights in Hong Kong. | 13,154 | Yes |
93 | Petition to Sanction the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting Media Group (IRIB) | 11,222 | No |
94 | THE PROJECT : SUNLIGHT RESISTANCE SYSTEM TO SAVE THE EARTH | 7,376 | No |
95 | Exert pressure on the HK government to close all borders with mainland China to prevent outbreak of the Wuhan Pneumonia | 6,706 | Yes |
96 | Vote out Stephen Sweeney- President of the New Jersey Senate. | 6,508 | Yes |
97 | Seeking United States of America's Intervention to repeal India's anti -Muslim citizenship law (CAA) | 6,348 | No |
98 | Please supply Remdesivir – a drug which can treat 2019-nCoV, to Hong Kong | 4,542 | Yes |
99 | Coronavirus outbreak in China is threatening our country, the Trump should Administration Public Health Emergency ASAP. | 3,977 | Yes |
100 | Sanction social media corporations that ban accounts providing information on Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement | 2,718 | Yes |
101 | Request the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to add licensed acupuncturists in the Medicare provider list. | 2,401 | No |
102 | Repeal the 1986 Childhood Vaccine Injury Act | 1,197 | No |
103 | President Trump, please let Reza Pahlavi use former Embassy of Iran in Washington, D.C. to support Iranian protesters. | 1,033 | No |
104 | POLITICAL WEAPONIZATION OF LABELS: How Are Americans Becoming Unwitting "Domestic Terrorists?" | 971 | No |
105 | Establish mandatory sepsis protocols in all healthcare facilities and declare September National Sepsis Awareness month | 967 | No |
106 | Petition to President Trump to advocate for the protection of all the elderly, including POPE BENEDICT XVI! | 890 | No |
107 | Speaker Pelosi is Employed by the American Taxpayer. We Demand She be Drug and Alcohol Tested! | 888 | No |
108 | Strong against to the Hong Kong Police Force. With the approval notice issued, the Hong Kong Police Force is still armed | 883 | Yes |
109 | PARDON LT. GENERAL MICHAEL T. FLYNN (RET) | 826 | No |
110 | Revoke U.S. citizenship&visas of Hong Kong&China officials responsible for keeping HK borders with mainland China open | 801 | Yes |
111 | Granting Chinese Coronavirus Dr.Li WenLiang's Family Members GreenCard | 754 | Yes |
112 | Please send CDC experts and hospital ships to Hong Kong ! | 732 | Yes |
113 | Elizabeth Quat, Legislative Council member, we hope USA can put her to be on one of the sanctions lists | 686 | No |
114 | Charge Nancy Pelosi with Unauthorized Disposition of Federal Records | 638 | No |
115 | Petition to remove Nancy Pelosi from the speakership. | 587 | No |
116 | Sanction Hong Kong Police for violating basic human rights | 564 | Yes |
117 | Immediately stop all Mainland Chinese to enter America until the WuHan Coronavirus crisis has been totally resolved. | 563 | Yes |
118 | Request to the US Congress to include in Magnitsky sanctions list Nursultan Nazarbayev and members of his mafia clan. | 548 | No |
119 | Force Nancy Pelosi to Resign for destroying the copy of SOTU Address on February 4th | 527 | No |
120 | REVERSE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S UNFAIR VISA BAN ON NIGERIA | 500 | No |
121 | Remove "The New Colossus" poem from the Statue of Liberty. | 473 | No |
122 | Issue warning to HK government to close the border to prevent Coronavirus otherwise America should ban air traffic to HK | 467 | Yes |
123 | Urgent help from the U.S. needed, the Chinese government has lost the ability to fight the coronavirus outbreak | 466 | Yes |
124 | Hold Speaker Pelosi accountable for violating 18 U.S. Code § 2071 by destroying an official document. | 459 | No |
125 | Executive Order to establish the War on Drugs Service Medal | 452 | No |
126 | STOP UNCONSTITUTIONAL FIREARM LAWS | 451 | No |
127 | Request US to condemn the Hong Kong government for not banning Chinese tourists | 404 | Yes |
128 | A Petition that Donald J. Trump, President of the United States: Pardon Julian Assange | 377 | No |
129 | hope United States will implement substantive sanctions to force the Hong Kong government to face the epidemic | 369 | Yes |
130 | Protect Our Wild Horses and Burros! | 357 | No |
131 | Special Election to Remove Mitt Romney | 341 | No |
132 | Pelosi violated Federal USC 18 § 2071 a&b willfully shredding SOTU Speech, as such must forfeit her public office. | 297 | No |
133 | United States as a 2nd Amendment Sanctuary | 257 | No |
134 | Require the CDC to release data on the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) in a timely and detailed manner | 246 | No |
135 | Change NBA logo to Kobe Bryant | 211 | No |
136 | Relocate training for Saudi military personnel from NAS Pensacola to a Safe location overseas. | 209 | No |
137 | "We The People" wish the repeal the federal prohibition of cannabis marijuana! | 205 | No |
138 | Quality early childhood education is the foundation for success! Quality education isn't only powerful, it is possible! | 200 | No |
139 | Taking responsibility to help the citizens of Iraq after US invasion | 195 | No |
140 | Blocking the BLM so that they can NOT remove wild horses, burros off of public lands. | 187 | No |
141 | Temporarily Suspend All Chinese Citizens Enter the United States Because of Wuhan Virus | 177 | Yes |
142 | Have President Trump investigate Doris Miller's Navy Cross for possibility to upgrade to Medal of Honor. | 173 | No |
143 | President Trump's Executive Order (EO), "Protecting and Strengthening Medicare," of October 3, 2019. | 169 | No |
144 | We need @realDonaldTrump to release documents wrongly classified until 2034 about Rep. Jan Schakowsky. #DrainTheSwamp | 163 | No |
145 | Amend the Dayton Peace Agreement | 162 | No |
146 | Please restrict all commercial flights form Hong Kong until the China/HK border is completely shut down | 161 | Yes |
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你认真学习下中国历史,然后你就知道,综合考虑风险、收益和效率,事情找洋大人才能最快解决的。
如果没时间看历史,就研究下从2019年12月份到现在的武汉疫情的国内外新闻,你就知道了。
写的详实,分析的在理。特意留言就是因为太赞同了表示夸奖?
谢谢。
一个时代的缩影…也是民族文化的特性,总是希望圣明的天子能为自己主持公道,可惜美国不是中国,时代也不再是那个时代。总是听说华人不喜反抗、不习惯参与政治、不懂得表达自己的想法,至少从这里我看到了也不尽是人们所说的那样,尽管方法可能并没有什么用。
我支持华人表达自己的看法,并觉得越多越好、哪怕是我不赞同的观点也没关系。但这事找白宫请愿,是瞎胡闹,不会有任何正面效果,反而有可能因为瞎胡闹而让路人侧目。
那 Save Independent Reporter CHEN Qiushi and Brave Wuhan Citizen FANG Bin 是瞎胡闹吗?