Mass emotions and government policies

Comments on Hai Hong Nguyen “Does Hanoi deal with Beijing for its people, or for itself?”, 14/01/ 2013, http://www.eastasiaforum.org/2013/01/12/does-hanoi-deal-with-beijing-for-its-people-or-for-itself/

Power of masses can be more problematic than government’s cool heads.

If government acts for mass’ feeling, then who knows what the world would be.

Just have a look at some Chinese social media websites one would appreciate how mass feeling can be too emotional and cannot be relied upon to make policies.

One website is: http://www.sina.com.cn/

It has a military section.