US vs China

Dennis Su

I like S.S. Lau's  view. Well put. In fact, thanks for the defination on Chinese American vs American Chinese which I often confused by such terms.

For team sports, I always like underdogs, a British tradition I suppose ?  The US got too much support by the press while the Chinese team only at the  last minutes got some write up on Sun Wen. Given their short on materials  support back home, I am impressed by their mental control, determination,  and toughness in taking all the attacks by the slightly larger opponants.  Loyalty has a lot less to do than identifing with the players like ones own  family members.

One observation: during the Boston match between China and Norway, the Boston area Chinese organized a much bigger cheering section with drums,  gongs, and cheering team that I feel so good when I heard constant chants of  "gai yiu ! gai yiu !" from the spectators. They even had red tee shirts,  lion dances and the biggest sign " Sisters, kick when you should kick!" in  large Chinese characters right there at the side line. Whereas in the  record Rose Bowl 91,000 crowd, I only spoted a small section in the stadium  that held up small Chinese flags here and there. And I thought there are  more Chinese in southern Cal. Hardly any one cheered for the Chinese team during the entire game. Are they all hoping the US team will strip for joy   if they win ?

For that reason alone, I decided to root for the Chinese.

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