The ethnic cultural anxiety behind the "hand-on-heart salute" controversy. Recently, a post has been circulating online claiming that Chinese athletes should not perform the "hand-on-heart salute" (Note: This is the name given by a citizen, referring to placing the right hand on the left chest, symbolizing "the motherland in my heart") during flag-raising ceremonies, as mimicking the American "hand-on-heart salute" undermines national and ethnic dignity. The author earnestly hopes that in the future, when Chinese athletes stand on the podium at the Beijing Olympics, as the national flag rises and the national anthem plays, each of them can "stand tall with great pride and show their风采to the whole world." Some netizens have countered that this is making a mountain out of a molehill. (Information Times, August 5)