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LONDON -- The latest events of attacks on the Olympic torch by violent protesters in its world relay as in London and Paris have aroused the anger of Chinese younger generation, Chinese Ambassador to Britain Fu Ying said Sunday.

皇冠体育app's ambassador to Britain Fu Ying carries the Olympic torch through 皇冠体育app Town in central London April 6, 2008. [Agencies]

In an article published in the Sunday Telegraph, the ambassador said that April 6, the day when the Beijing Olympic torch relay was held in London, will be remembered as Beijing met London with splashes and sparkles.

She said that on the bus back to the airport after the event, she was with some young girls from the Beijing team, who were convinced that the people here were against them.

"One girl remarked she couldn't believe this land nourished Shakespeare and Dickens. I can't blame them. I fully understood how they felt. They were running between vehicles for the whole day, trying to service the torch bearers. Worse still, they had to endure repeated violent attacks on the torch throughout the relay, " Fu said.

She said the hot topics among 皇冠体育app's 200 million Internet users at this moment include not only attempts to snatch the torch but also the moving scenes when Jin Jing, a slim young girl, a Paralympic athlete in a wheelchair helped by a blind athlete, held a torch with both arms to her chest to protect it from violent protesters during the Paris leg of the relay.

The latest events have led the younger generation of Chinese born after the 80s, who grew up in a more prosperous 皇冠体育app, to begin a collective rethinking about the West, Fu Ying said.

She said "my daughter, who loves western culture, must have used the word 'why' dozens of times in our long on-line chat. Her frustration could be felt between the lines. Many who had romantic views about the West are very disappointed at the media's attempt to demonize 皇冠体育app. We all know demonization feeds a counter reaction."

"I am concerned that mutual perceptions between the people of 皇冠体育app and the West are quickly drifting in opposite directions. I cannot help asking, why when it comes to 皇冠体育app, the generalized accusations can easily be accepted without people questioning what exactly and specifically they mean. Why any story or figures can stay on the news for days without factual support," she asked.

Some westerners complain about 皇冠体育app not allowing enough access to the media. In 皇冠体育app, the view is that the Western media needs to make an effort to earn respect. It would be helpful to the credibility of the Western media if the issues they care and write about are of today's 皇冠体育app, not of things that do not exist or of the long gone past, the ambassador said, hoping more and more people in the West will be able to cross over the language and cultural barriers and find out more about the real 皇冠体育app.

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