Saw an interesting blog of some brave woman who took great risks of taking a picture of 2 Uyghur 'protesters' before they got shot Chinese police. It even have a colorful story with it: Writer Matthew Teague photographed these Uygur men, advancing upon Chinese forces, moments before they were shot. Many people carry cameras these days. Some have uncommon courage. On page 36 … [Read more...] about (Letter from pug_ster) National Geographic got into the propaganda act?
Archives for November 2009
“Father’s Prairie, Mother’s River” – the feelings of one billion people on the move
Everyone knows China is going through an industrial revolution right now. In developed countries such as the U.S., this took place in the late 19th century. The ratio between the number of rural and urban residents basically swapped because industrialization freed the bulk of the population from having to work in the fields to produce food for all. This phenomenon is … [Read more...] about “Father’s Prairie, Mother’s River” – the feelings of one billion people on the move
Hu and Obama meeting, which issues are "core interests?"
Both NPR and Xinhua covered the meeting of the U.S. President Obama and Chinese President Hu. I thought the coverage were actually decent in that the issues they list were basically identical. Obviously, NPR did not give equal weight to how the Chinese see the issues. Likewise, Xinhua did not give equal weight to how the U.S. see the issues. Naturally they both are biased. … [Read more...] about Hu and Obama meeting, which issues are "core interests?"
Ah, that tricky Chinese propaganda machine, how devious it is to deceive the foreign media!
It was practically a news story that wrote itself. Soon after president Obama made a roundabout endorsement of non-censorship, it was reported via twitter and then repeated by the China Digial Times that China pulled the coverage from news portal NetEase 27 minutes after the transcript appeared. … [Read more...] about Ah, that tricky Chinese propaganda machine, how devious it is to deceive the foreign media!
Ou, bummer! Now we have a real dispute between China and U.S.
President Obama is currently visiting China and the very first dispute is shaping up between China and U.S., namely, what his name is and where he lives. … [Read more...] about Ou, bummer! Now we have a real dispute between China and U.S.