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Sinophobia? Have you heard it?

Sinophobia? It is somewhat a new terminology, like you, I’m as well surprise that there is a thing (phobia) like that. According to Wikipedia, Sinophobia (from Latin Sinae “the Chinese” + Ancient Greek φόβος -phobos, “fear”) or anti-Chinese sentiment is a fear or dislike for China, its people, or its culture. Sinophobia can affect both the actions and attitudes of individuals, and the policies and pronouncements of governments and other organizations. The word Sinophobia started when there was a vast illegal entry of Chinese immigrants in Europe and in America. Even countries in Asia have suffered from Sinophobia when some Chinese seek refuge to its neighboring country when the Communist took reign in China.

In World War II, Sinophobia strikes again when the US forces and its allies were swamped by the Chinese force during the Korean War. This had caused the US and its allied country to back-off. This event had caused the US to fear a Chinese invasion of Communism all over the Asian continent, which they actually tried. Asian countries, including Philippines were watchful of Chinese illegal entries; illegal Chinese immigrants were known for using the identities of dead persons.

Recently, the world is again suffering yet another aspect of Sinophobia, this time, it is not about the Communism or the infiltration of illegal immigrant but of the fear of the Chinese made products. It is a brand new fear, which started when some of Chinese product becomes health hazard. I would like to call it the SinoPRODdia, which I would mean the fear of Chinese-made products. I guess, you knew enough about melamine-infested milk product that makes all the moms all over the world to check the package of their baby’s milk. If it is Chinese-made, they chuck it in the trash can because China-made milk product can actually kill due to melamine content. Melamine is a chemical which milk manufacturer adds in order to raise the protein rating of the milk products. Babies have started getting sick, some have actually died.

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Before the milk with melamine issue, there was the Chinese-made White Rabbit candy which was found to contain chemicals harmful to health. How could I forget that gross news about MaLing (my favorite Chinese-made meat product)? It was reported that they uses rat meat in making Mahling. I nearly throw up when I saw that news and vow to never buy MaLing again. Then there were the Chinese-made toys, including Fisher-Price and Mattel, which was found to have a high lead content which is hazardous to health.

Chinese-made electrical materials was often observed as the caused of fire because of its substandard quality. This Christmas season we have to be careful of buying substandard Christmas lights because they usually cause electrical mishaps. And of course, there are fake (imitations) gadgets made in China which is, mostly that not, have a lifespan of 1 month.

Don’t get me wrong I’m not discriminating Chinese in general; I’m just angry with those greedy manufacturers who don’t give a damn about the damage they could make as long as they could make hefty profit. They don’t care if babies get sick and die, or people get hurt because of their hazardous product. China is a great country, and Chinese are great people, they are a lot of things which the world would be thankful to China, but what is happening now is very alarming. China becomes the center of the Greedy Commercialism, which disregard ethical and moral standards for the sake of MONEY. If these trends continue Sinophobia would be on its heights, everybody would fear any Chinese made product. If this happens, what do you think will happen to China?