Bienvenue à tous - 欢迎光临 - Welcome, damnit!

Ok. How should I begin?

First of all... Well man. What is this place about? I'll try to keep it short & clear.

Sorry for the language first - I'll do my best to keep my poor English understandable, but Im not a native speaker, as you may see. But well, my chinese being actually even worse than that, I suppose I'd better stick to English if I want everyone to have a chance to understand my point. That's why I will kindly ask you, dear netizens, to use English on the forum too, in order to communicate more easily. Frenchglish and Chinglish are two wonderful dialects - they have hardly any poetic value, but at least they're better than nothing.

Actually, I'd love to turn it into somekind of a neutral ground where netizens from France, China, and other places may meet and discuss the current events. It's not about being a China-hater or a Panda-hugger; it's not about being a French-lover or a Frog-eater either. It's about trying to hold a dialogue - because those last days convinced me, among others, that communication is definitely what we lack - need - the most.

This blog will not be about bashing the Chinese. Nor bashing the French. I am half French, half Chinese - Ive been made that way, so do not expect any pity for anyone here, everyone is gonna get bashed and criticized the same way. Cuz people, from what I saw and heard for days already, you're really looking for some trouble out there, acting dumb like you are.

Right now, there is no practical link between the Chinese and the French net communities. Chinese don't speak French, and French don't speak Chinese. They have no way to even try to understand each other, and their English is generally most approximative (you just have to see how ugly mine is actually ^^). On every of my usual message boards I happen to see discussions about the crisis, and it is the same the other way around for the few Chinese boards I have been to. That's why we have to take an initiative if we want something to happen - we will not resolve the crisis by ourselves I suppose, but knowing about each other's true opinion can't be bad.

What I would like to propose here is a new kind of message board, where Chinese and French netizens would be allowed to sign up, and where they would be allowed to exchange their views. Care about joining? Be my guest!

The Chinese Corner opens its gate, please be the most welcome, Netizen