More on the Carrefour debate

Carrefour by myuibe via FlickrDanwei gives its summery of the Carrefour debate in the Chinese media. It reports on a heated debate on a TV-station between opponents, really not that common for censored Chinese TV that tries to avoid all too sensitive subjects.
Southern Weekly had an interview with one of China's leading diplomants, Wu Jianmin, former ambassador to France and the Netherlands:

Some self-styled "patriotic" actions have damaged the interests of these staff, damaged the interests of China and damaged China's image. If there are many excessive actions people don't know what you might do next. They can't be sure about you and their misgivings and anxiety about you will increase. Patriotism is a good thing, but it must be guided by reason. Patriotism must be in line with core national interests.

The central government is trying to reign in the nationalistic forces, but that proves to be not that easy.