Sunday Today there was a mini protest outside of the foreign dorms, and a New China News Agency video team was roaming the hallways, looking for people to interview for the biased TV news. I went back to Sanjiaodi to see what was going down. There were even more banners and posters, and lots of people discussing and ranting in small groups. People were talking crazy. Some guy was ranting that China could attack the American west coast, while an economics professor from People's University was talking about how America keeps China from developing out of fear it will overtake the U.S. because its people are so smart.
Military matters are important here.
Bookstores always have a big military affairs section, there are several popular military magazines, and even a military affairs club at Peking University. These people are dorky, not the muscle-head that you'd expect in a big military fan. But the protest also drew Beijing's young and cool. Nick, my Australian friend, was talking to a long-haired Chinese guy who turned out to be Cui Jian, one of China's top rock 'n' roll artists. The official Chinese view on the embassy bombing is pretty straightforward.