Western media bias in the eyes of western media
Share I couldn’t help laughing when I read a Globe’s column today. So now international media are turning their focus on the dark side of the Vancouver Games, suddenly the Canadian media is crying “biased”? Huh, huh… now they know how biased western media has always been, eh? Just days before the big event, the story said, the city of Vancouver is gripped with dread. The Bailout Games, as the reporter dubs them, have... [Read More...]
Western media cannot help applying their double standard on China
Share Here it comes again… The western media is once again quick to apply their double standard to China in the recent riots in Urumqi, Xinjiang. Times of London is among the worst: (link) As a people, the Uighurs look more like Afghans than ethnic Chinese. Ethnically, they are a Turkic race whose homeland is at the meeting point of Asia and Europe. The area now called Xinjiang was annexed by the Chinese Empire in the 19th century, although... [Read More...]
Sydney paper: ‘Western media shows its ugly face’
Share An article appears on Sydney Morning Herald reflects on how the western media have been handling the “chubby face, crooked teeth” incident. Hope we can see more of these self-reflections from the western media. (Related CIV discussion here.) The title of the story is: Western media shows its ugly face Here’s an excerpt (full article here): Chen’s comments strongly imply an unnamed leader considered that Yang’s replacement,... [Read More...]
Threat to a people, not patriotism, matters
Share I’m completely appalled by some comments made by Mr Cheuk Kwan to the Globe and Mail today in an article/discussion titled “Has Chinese patriotism changed?” I don’t agree with many points Mr Kwan raised but I respect his opinions. However, I cannot remain silent on his statements quoted as follows, which in my opinion, do not have grounds: … mainland Chinese, and by extension, Chinese Canadian immigrants often do... [Read More...]
Negative media attention in reverse
Share Ha ha. Now it’s our turn to taste the bitterness of foreign media having too much interest in our “dark sides”. Some of us who might not see why the Chinese have been upset about western media’s attention on China’s negativities, now it’s a chance to learn. “No one is suggesting this is something you can sweep under the carpet,” Campbell said. “In fact, the only people I’ve ever heard... [Read More...]
Another media fabrication: this time, the crooked teeth fiasco
Share The famous ESWN blog has done some excellent research into how the media have been creating — literally — the “uneven/crooked teeth girl” hype. ESWN checked over many primary sources and found no mention of the girl who sang “Ode to the Motherland” was replaced by Lin Miaoke because of her “uneven/crooked teeth/chubby face”. The term was completely fabricated by the western media when they reported... [Read More...]
‘Beheader’ story raises suspicion of English media from immigrants
Share The story of the “beheader” who brutally killed an innocent man and ate his flesh on a Greyhound bus has prompted some interesting discussions on various Chinese Canadian online forums. The CBC has approached a popular Chinese Edmontonian forum edmontonchina.ca as soon as the suspect’s name was released . Weiguang Li, a resident of Edmonton, was charged with second degree murder in Manitoba. From the spelling of the name, it’s... [Read More...]
CBC to air ‘A New Face for Beijing’ series
Share CBC release – Radio Canada International’s Web service RCIviva.ca will air the premiere webisode of its new series A NEW FACE FOR BEIJING, starring a young Chinese-born Torontonian who decides to start over in Beijing. Internet users can watch this gripping six-part series online all summer long at RCIviva.ca—a new eight-minute webisode will air every two weeks. The series follows the adventures and aspirations of 25-year-old JENNIFER... [Read More...]
To the western media: why offended?
Share Hi guys, I’m back from my vacation. Time to start blahing again :) I know this sounds a little off now but since I’ve already written it, I’d love to post it here too. After my interview with the Macleans on the subject of Tibet was published in April, I received, through friends, questions from a columnist of a local newspaper. I replied him with a long email on April 19, as follows. —————— From... [Read More...]
Blogger has to defend himself on first Lhasa reports, photos
Share Kadfly, the American blogger who happened to be in Lhasa when the riots broke out in March and who shot all the important photos of the riots which were then used by Reuters, NYT etc, has been under attack for b×××sh*ting for not standing on the side of Tibetans. He was also accused by some messages left on his blog that question if he was an agent for the Chinese government. He recently defended himself in a post: (on the video) The man... [Read More...]
