Chinese are poor losers, Chen says

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BAD COMPANY: Chen questioned whether China was fit to host the 2008 Olympics after soccer fans became violent amid their Asian Cup loss to Japan
By Huang Tai-lin
STAFF REPORTER
Tuesday, Aug 10, 2004,Page 4

President Chen Shui-bian (???) yesterday questioned whether China was fit to host the 2008 Olympic Games in view of the hostility Chinese fans displayed toward Japan's soccer team at the Asian Cup.

"Given what happened, it seems that Beijing might not be fit to host the 2008 Olympic Games," said Chen, echoing recent remarks made by Governor of Tokyo Shintaro Ishihara (?????).

Chen was referring to the actions of Chinese fans during the Asian Cup football tournament between China and Japan last Saturday in Beijing. Japan China 3-1 in a tense final overshadowed by the fans' passionate Chinese nationalism and anti-Japanese sentiment due to lingering resentment over Japan's military invasion and brutal occupation of parts of China from 1931 to 1945.

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