（cnn)又逢一年一度的玉林荔枝狗肉节，中国激起了全球关于动物福利和对多元文化容忍的问题。
(CNN)It's that time of year again when the Lychee and Dog Meat Festival in Yulin, China sets off a global debate on animal welfare and the limits of multicultural tolerance.
去年，在十天的节日内，一万只狗被宰杀，吃掉。
In previous years some 10,000 dogs have been slaughteredand eaten over the 10-day festival.
在西方有两种反应，一种强烈批评这个节日，另一种说以我们自己的价值观去衡量中国是文化帝国主义行为。
In the West, reaction is divided between those who vigorously condemn the festival and those who claim that it is a kind of cultural imperialism to judge China by our own values.
两者皆有对有错。
Both are half-right and half-wrong.
先谈谈对狗肉节的批评。这里确实有很多让他们愤怒的原因。
Take the critics of the festival first. There is certainly plenty for them to truly indignant about.
有的人认为，如果说狗被宰杀时十分痛苦，他们的肉将会更加美味，更有一种指责说这些动物有时被活剥而死。
There is a belief among some that the dog meat tastes better if the animal is slaughtered when distressed, and there are even accusations that the animals are sometimes skinned alive.
很多品种和大小的狗被塞进小笼子里的图片激起了国际批评。
Images of dogs of various breeds and sizes crammed in tiny cages and then killed have created an international backlash
武断？
Lazy thinking?
我知道，没有人会以多元文化的名义去为isis的野蛮行径，纳粹所犯的令人胆寒的大屠杀，或在某些伊斯兰国家对于同性恋和无神论者的处决辩护。
I know of no one who in the name of cultural diversity defends the barbaric practices of ISIS, the chillingly efficient holocaust perpetuated by the Third Reich, or the execution of homosexuals and atheists in some Islamic countries.
西方人认为自己有一种胸襟开阔的容忍很容易变成一种居高临下，似乎无法期望中国人实现我们的最高理念。
What presents itself as open-minded tolerance can very easily become a kind of condescension, as though the Chinese cannot be expected to live up to our highest ideals.
2015年6月21日，玉林，一个男人在饭店里切狗肉。
A man chops up dog meat a restaurant in Yulin, Sunday June 21, 2015.
种族情绪？
Racist sentiments?
事实上，对玉林狗肉节的抗议起源于中国，在玉林狗肉节，退休教师杨晓芸花费几千美元来救狗和猫；像陈坤，杨幂和范冰冰这样的名人直言反对。
In fact, protest against the Yulin festival began in China, where retired school teacher Yang Xiaoyun paid thousands of dollars to save dogs and cats from the festival, and celebrities such as Chen Kun, Yang Mi and Fan Bingbing have spoken out against it.
虽然吃狗肉在部分中国是一种传统，玉林狗肉节只开始于2009年，并未受到当地政府的支持。
Although dog eating is a tradition in parts of China, the Yulin festival was only started in 2009and is not endorsed by the local government.
我发现其中令人忧心的是，涉及这样的问题时，这些议题很容易让正反双方产生仇外情绪。
What I also find troubling about issues like this is how they insidiously bring out the xenophobe in otherwise liberal people on both sides of the argument.
当我先前写到狗肉节时，一个咆哮反对我的人发推特说所有朝鲜人都是恶魔，因为他们吃狗肉。
When I previously wrote about the festival, one person who ranted against me tweeted that all Koreans were evil because they ate dogs.
很少有如此明目张胆公开的种族主义情绪，我担心很多谴责玉林狗肉节的人也确信了他们的偏见，认为“落后”的亚洲人天生残忍，没有对于动物的同情。
Such blatantly racist sentiments are rarely expressed so openly but I fear many who condemn the Yulin festival are also confirming their own prejudices about "backward"
他们有了关于中国人恶行的心理基础，在社交媒体上宣泄愤怒，不假思索的接受了这些残忍故事，而不去核查这是否具有普遍性。
The readiness to believe the worst about the Chinese also comes out in the way in which many people sharing their anger on social media accept the stories of cruelty without checking for themselves that they are rife.
通常，来自外部“西方”的压力对一场运动起到的往往是反作用。
Usually any perception of outside "Western" pressure is counterproductive for a campaign.
最终，这是一个需要中国人他们自己解决的问题
Ultimately this is an issue for the Chinese to resolve themselves.
像中国动保网这样的支持团体既展示了对中国人民的尊重，也展示了一种可能性的信心，一些最基本的价值观终会普世。
Backing groups like the Chinese Animal Protection Network shows both respect for the Chinese people and faith in the possibility that some values at least are truly universal.