Seeing Phelps and other Olympians defend Ye Shiwen against wild accusations by Leonard has given the Chinese hope that China and the West can see eye to eye on issues. While Leonard's accusations were problematic, the true culprit in this whole affair are in fact the British and American media, for they were the ones to glorify and propagate that seemingly racist charge. For … [Read more...] about The Guardian bitterly fights tarnished image from propagating Leonard’s lame accusation over Ye Shiwen
Tania Branigan
A few gripes with Tania Branigan’s Bo Xilai corruption piece
(Update 4/20/2012: see update section below with response from Branigan.) There has been a lot of rumor mongering going on in the Western press about Bo Xilai and the alleged murder of British citizen Neil Heywood by his wife Gu Kailai. In an otherwise fairly well researched article by Guardian U.K. reporter, Tania Branigan, there were couple of crucial errors that were … [Read more...] about A few gripes with Tania Branigan’s Bo Xilai corruption piece