Severe Chinese reactions to dissident Hu Jia’s Nobel nomination:

Now in 2008 that Hu Jia is rumored to be a top contender for this year’s Nobel Peace Prize, the news was at least reported, although quickly harmonized away, leaving just those which bear Liu Jianchao’s harmonious talking point that a Nobel Peace Prize for Hu will without doubt hurt the feelings of the Chinese people, and just the rumor of it already has…

Hurdler Liu was a fragile source of pride, in whom China saw many of its hopes dashed:

“National mourning began as Liu Xiang rubbed his right leg, signaling the source of his pain, telling 1.3 billion Chinese citizens that he would not be crossing even one hurdle this day.

The sadness radiated outward to fans and officials and journalists, who immediately wept at the downfall of their national hero. All over China, people felt the collective sting of failure, concentrated in one athlete, which is always a risky business.”

Multinationals get bashed by Chinese netizens:

“LVMH (LVMH.PA) is just the latest multinational struggling to calm angry Chinese consumers using the Internet and text messaging to broadcast their grievances. McDonald’s (MCD), KFC (YUM) and Motorola (MOT) have been among the companies pilloried via mobile-phone text messages and in the Chinese blogosphere for allegedly donating too little money toward earthquake relief, even though the companies have publicly announced hefty contributions. McDonald’s, which even saw protesters briefly mill outside restaurants in Jiangsu and in Sichuan, announced it was upping its contribution to a total of $1.7 million. Nokia (NOK) issued four separate press releases detailing its total contribution of $7.6 million, plus a donation of 5,000 mobile phones.”

After the earthquake, fake Chinese news angers a few, but not most:

“There are always those few who just have to sing the opposite tune from the people, thinking this is the only way you can set yourself apart,” one user wrote, an apparent reference to the need to sing the party’s “main theme” (主旋律). “Get lost! Is there any point to you doing this!”

“Who can doubt a mother’s love,” wrote another Web user in a clearly emotional post trailed with a forest of exclamation points.

“It doesn’t matter whether this information is true or not. What matters is whether the feelings are true,” said yet another.

In the Southern Metropolis Daily, columnist Wang Xiaoshan wonders if it’s too soon to joke about the earthquake:

“The lighter topics in the Mobile Paper could help to ease people’s emotions. But really, there are lots of different ways to be lighthearted, and to design a quiz around the earthquake at this point in time is a little stupid, to put it mildly.”

Christian Dior throws Sharon Stone under the bus and says “We absolutely do not support any remark that hurts the Chinese people’s feelings.”

Shanghaiist’s Ken Tan says Sharon Stone was forced to “eat back her own words.”

The front page of China’s Information Times blares “Sharon Stone is an enemy of the whole nation” and says the anti-Sharon Stone movement started “spontaneously.”

After Bjork chants “Tibet” in a Shanghai concert, vice culture minister Zhou Heping says “It is hoped that these artists can understand Chinese laws and the feelings of the Chinese people and not do things against our laws or feelings”