There's growing tension in China amid fears that the West is launching a new 'cold war' on Beijing. Some bloggers are even speculating about intervention to 'free' Tibet.
It's all a little hysterical but there's no doubt that China feels like the world is against it.
The China Daily quotes a German newspapers column in which the author (a former German politician) claims the West has a history of lurching from cold war to hot war to cold war, as if there is an insatiable need for an enemy.
The latest target, it is suggested, is China.
My old favourite http://www.anti-cnn.com/ has a video showing some truly horrific scenes from the conflict in Iraq, while making the point that the invasion did nothing for democracy or freedom. Where next, they ask - Tibet?
It may sound paranoid to outsiders but the sense of being victims - the siege mentality - cannot be underestimated.
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