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Tall poppy syndrome in China: Sun Mingming is not a blockheadPosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, June 3, 2005 3:11 PM
Australians often say that their society suffers from 'tall poppy syndrome'; in other words, success is treated as something that should be cut down to size rather than admired or emulated. 'Sun Mingming is not a blockhead', an article in Beijing's Mirror newspaper (法制晚报) on June 1, criticizes China for the same mentality, using the example of a particularly tall poppy: the giant basketball player Sun Mingming, currently in the U.S. hoping to make it into the NBA. Roughly translated excerpts from the Mirror: When he was 12 years old, some seniors said that Yao Ming was 'totally unfit for playing basketball'; now he is the most successful giant of the NBA. Now the guy that is called a 'blockhead' in China is being pursued in America by the NBA. LINKS: |
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