People of the PRC, may I please ask you?

Question

I am a fan of China, and I am selecting an email domain that reflects something significant about China.

I have some selections, and I wonder if you would tell me if you would be offended (or insulted) if a Westerner had one of these as his email addresses:

1) [e-mail]
2) [e-mail]
4) [e-mail]
5) [e-mail]

I plan to pick one, and the rest I will delete, so that another person will have those two others (I only want one email address, and I don't want to deny another person of a great domain name),

Question #2

Do you think it is silly, offensive, or inappropriate for a westerner to have ANY of the above domains?

I think China is wonderful, but the one thing I do NOT want is a domain that the Chinese will think is stupid or offensive,
Thank you

Answer 1

I know a sinophile who had an email address starting with "treatyofnanjing" and I dont think that offended anyone but it drew some comment. With an email address like those above you'll have to explain yourself so you should have a good story. Most chinese have email addresses that make reference to either pretty things like flowers or courageous things (such as youngtiger_zhang). china has a long history and references to the current government wouldn't be as impressive as references to the Tang dynasty. My nick here today is "laoda" which means literally "old big" but in practice means a crime boss - I offer it to you as it will make chinese people laugh.

Answer 2

I think it is an interesting thought. But 1 and 2 seems too specific, I would suggest either 4 or 5.

Answer 3

I am sure the people wouldn't be offended, it isn't politically sensitive.