http://chinesecanuck.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/toronto-star-chinese-canadians-conflicted-about-tibet-situation/ Sun, 20 Jul 2008 03:28:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU http://chinesecanuck.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/toronto-star-chinese-canadians-conflicted-about-tibet-situation/#comment-41 Alston Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:17:18 +0000 http://chinesecanuck.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-41 I can't see why people that come here would necessarily consider themselves Canadian when their values have been shaped somewhere else. It seems reasonable that they might want to come here to partake in opportunities that they couldn't have back home, but retain their original cultural identity because such is the official promise that Canada makes to all immigrants. Of course, there are many that believe that we should not make that promise at all, but that's another discussion. I can’t see why people that come here would necessarily consider themselves Canadian when their values have been shaped somewhere else. It seems reasonable that they might want to come here to partake in opportunities that they couldn’t have back home, but retain their original cultural identity because such is the official promise that Canada makes to all immigrants. Of course, there are many that believe that we should not make that promise at all, but that’s another discussion.

]]> http://chinesecanuck.wordpress.com/2008/04/13/toronto-star-chinese-canadians-conflicted-about-tibet-situation/#comment-3 Tibet » Blog Archive » Toronto Star: Chinese Canadians Conflicted about Tibet Situation Mon, 14 Apr 2008 00:43:51 +0000 http://chinesecanuck.wordpress.com/?p=14#comment-3 [...] Immigration, Assimilation, Ethnicity and All That Jazz wrote an interesting post today on Toronto Star: Chinese Canadians Conflicted about Tibet SituationHere’s a quick excerptNicholas Keungm, the diversity and immigration reporter at the Toronto Star had an article today that discussed the conflict that Chinese Canadians have over t he whole Tibet/Olympics issue…. [...] [...] Immigration, Assimilation, Ethnicity and All That Jazz wrote an interesting post today on Toronto Star: Chinese Canadians Conflicted about Tibet SituationHere’s a quick excerptNicholas Keungm, the diversity and immigration reporter at the Toronto Star had an article today that discussed the conflict that Chinese Canadians have over t he whole Tibet/Olympics issue…. [...]

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