What about Tibet and the war on India? What about Tinianmen Square and hundreds of human rights violations? The Chinese are experts in hiding their lack of scruples behind a bland face, and its about time the world woke up and smelt the coffee.

Jazz, Munich, Germany

Tibetans are well protected by Chinese goverment. most of them are living happily in their own land. that's what i learned from my trip ti tibet last year.

Roby, glasgow, uk

To Cliftont, Qingdao, China:

Tell it to the Tibetans.

Marty Murphy, Brooklyn, NY, USA

I am pleased someone has commented on the overwhelming anti-China diatribe. BBC News is probably the worst, especially when the BBC is bound by its Charter to be unbiased and the BBC is anything but.

Frank, Halifax, UK

Hi guy - How many US young people were shot even in the campus for the past serveral years? -no one is perfect in this world.

xinchen, BJ, China

Peace-loving China?!! HA! Don't make me laugh!

And by the way, the author of this article, I live in China presently, and I have heard of a number of stories where Chinese have suffered at the hands of their own kind - medicines, dangerous products, shady financial deals, lack of compensation for injuries or inconvenience suffered....

There is a long list, so whilst there may be some scare-mongering going on in the West, it's not ALL a fallacy; many Chinese have their own horror stories and grievances to share with us.

China - like many other regions - can be a dreadful place to live.

Bob Spencer, Pentagon,

I guess the west is just swinging back and forth, from "The China Threat" to "The Toxic China". If open my eyes wider I could see Russia is almost the same hostile to China as well. So if any country wish to keep its own hegemony in the world, please don't even concern about China. It is just a premature developed country having a lot strong enemies that are ready to smash it.

Teresa, Forest Hills, NY

i think u made a very good comment, that the west have lots of fear over the raising of china. when u fearing means weak, and also means insecurity, so grow up boys, toys are for playing not for chewing, if u swollow the plastic, it can be dangerous. toys are not for eating. put down your toys bush, u are far too old to play with the toys:)

meeko, new york, usa

Westerners have long been the dominators of the world with cruelty or leniency. They regard themselves as the natural leaders of the world. But the world is always changing. China has existed and boomed in this planet for thousands of years, a history more longer than that of any western country. Only in the past two centuries China faced the modernized western countries and was subdued by their powerful guns and cannons. In the 21th century China seems to begin to recover and regain its past prosperity and may become the center of the world again. To westerners this is an ominous sign which can't be tolerated. Thus, they instinctly want to stop this trend by fighting with teeth and mouth. Unfortunately they forget completely their democratic ideas they have been promoting in the world and they do not believe the changing of the world can happen in a peaceful way with their experience deep in their memory. But the world is no longer the past. Don't too harsh to a peace-loving China.

Cliftont, Qingdao, China

"They are one group that liberals can feel free to abuse without being accused of xenophobia." Just like the US. I always had a soft spot in my heart for the Chinese and now I know why.

Don, Ipswich, UK

You are to the point, dude! You are to the point. Brits are good at making friends with the best the brightest to stay ahead on this planet. We did so by the good relationship with US in the past, and I believe we can do so again by binding us with China in the next wave. Haha!

John F, Hemshi,

We will probably mourn the departure of McCririck rather more than a sporting legend as he is a 'celeb'

Chris, Southampton, UK