James Fallows has just published an article, "Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media," which I thought was really excellent. I don't particularly care for his China articles, but Fallows is a veteran in the Western media business. It is a hefty read, but I highly recommend it, in its entirety. His intro below: Everyone from President Obama to Ted … [Read more...] about James Fallows, “Learning to Love the (Shallow, Divisive, Unreliable) New Media”
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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!
(Letter) The Chinese essay BBC was dared to publish (contrasting argumentation styles)
A Mr. Li sent this essay to the BBC and dared them to publish it. They did. Much thanks to EastSouthWestNorth for providing this English translation (See their post for additional translated reader comments.) … [Read more...] about (Letter) The Chinese essay BBC was dared to publish (contrasting argumentation styles)
Political dissent in China – glass half full, or completely empty?
This article from the IHT inspires me to write about a topic that's been on my mind in recent months. The article is about the well-known Tibetan-Chinese writer Woeser. The title of the article alone gives you a pretty good idea of what its going to say: "Tibetan writer alleges harassment by Chinese police..." Woeser lives in Beijing, and is the daughter of a Han Chinese … [Read more...] about Political dissent in China – glass half full, or completely empty?