Jack Cafferty criticized for China remarks

BEIJING, June 6 (UPI) -- A group of Chinese-Americans has started an online petition asking CNN to apologize for remarks U.S. commentator Jack Cafferty made about China.

China Daily said the petition has already gotten more than 40,000 signatures.

China's Foreign Ministry has also strongly condemned Cafferty's on-air comments, which were made in April on CNN's "Situation Room" program.

The newspaper said the ministry has also demanded the news network and Cafferty apologize to all Chinese people because Cafferty said, "The Chinese are basically the same bunch of goons and thugs they have been in the past 50 years."