Protesting, and the power of the media.

[A Quiet Monkfish]

I'm amazed you have to ask this question. From the point of view of your average UK citizen, do you think the two situations are even remotely comparable?

The fact is that pretty much everybody in the UK watches American films, watches American television, listens to American music, reads American books, watches American sports, etc. Whether we like it or not, we have a shared culture to a large degree. We speak the same language. According to our politicians, the two countries have a special relationship.

The history of racism in America is very well-documented. Pretty much everyone in this country is aware of it or at least aware of certain aspects of it.

Blatantly obviously, China and the Chinese people in general are a very different proposition as far as the average British citizen is concerned.

We buy, use, utilize, Chinese goods and services every second of our lives. In the real, tangible sense China is more real to our everyday lives than the USA. You mentioned 'watch, read, listens etc..'. That's exactly, 100% the point I was making - "the power of the media "..