Already exceeding 400 million, the number of internet users in China is the highest in the world, so it's no surprise that a few have risen to celebritydom through their blogs and interviews. Perhaps the most famous of the current generation is guy named Han Han. Though he was a college dropout, he is now a race car driver, writer, musician and blogger. His cultural and political opinions are often a slurry of humor, cynicism, and sarcasm. In one of his more recent interviews, he addressed the current craze about the Shanghai Expo:Q: The government has said there’s nothing wrong with eating genetically altered food, and also said that we must avoid having it in the area of the Expo lest foreigners eat it by accident, is this a kind of prejudice against ourselves?
Answer: Nonsense, it’s obviously self-confidence, confidence in the strength of our Chinese bodies. We breath this kind of air every day, drink this kind of water every day, we’ve come up struggling [and become accustomed to it]. Foreigners drink one mouthful of pesticide and fall over dead, but we can drink three before dying. So your question is wrong.
