Well, whatever... it still absolutely sucks that this is happening. I don't think it is racist to say WTF is going on over there? There are plenty of animal rights people in China, they know what is going on and they are doing their best to stop this, so I dont believe its a cultural thing.
I say its a short sighted over zealous government thing. ( know any other governments like that in the world? I could think of a few..)

Hope they know what to do about the upcoming vermin population explosion coming their way real soon. And if it were to happen before the Olympics...

<Well I wouldn't claim that those who visit the "entertainment" you blog about are not responsible--at least the adults certainly. They certainly can afford the entertainment and are not of the poor and uneducated class, they have some privelege within China.>

Actually my remark about personal responsibility wasn't specific to the "entertainment" but also to the brutal killing of cats and dogs in the news recently.

<I am not accusing you personally at all of racism. Let's just say I am being preemptive...(to others who might think such things in relation to entire people/s and their culture/s, as the Chinese within the nation of China are certainly not all homogenous or even the same culturally).>

No reason to be preemptive. =P

I'll admit that on the blog I said I'd never support that culture, and now that I reread it I realize how you might think I was being racist. I apologize for that since how you read it isn't really what I meant. Let me see if I can try and explain this without becoming too convoluted. It should have been more along the lines that I would never support a country that not only allows that sort of abuse, but actually promotes it to the point where there are places where people can legally "enjoy" these atrocities. When the country promotes these activities it creates it's own "culture" of people that pass this disregard for life down to their children. This doesn't mean that everyone that is a certain race is part of this culture. Kind of similar to the dog-fighting culture which includes people of all races, but is a culture in and of itself.

Boycotting Chinese products is my way of telling China (the government) that as a consumer I will not stand for what they do, whether its towards animals or humans. If the UK did similar things, I'd boycott their products too.

Reasons to boycott the chineses olympics

The cat story kills me This alone stands out as a crime against our beloved felines. All you have to do is look into an there eyes to understand that they dont deserve this.

Over fishing and a almost complete destruction of animals within the chinese borders. Just look for articles on the Baiji dolphin which is gone from the Yangtzee river. Hong kong is terrible for its over fishing

What they are doing to the people in Tibet. Cmon people these are human beings.

The displacement of millions of people over the the three gorge dam. And the uncaring attitude towards there demise.

Thes are just a few. And I know that many countries do wrong, I mean look at ours But it doesnt give china the right to hold an olympic event which is suppose to support national awareness