Riots in Tibet

Originally posted by The Charioteer Originally posted by Leonidas this is a fantastic example of Chinese hysteria over the western media 'hysteria ' vis vis Tibet. .. your irrational and irresponsible   May i remind Its the German author Bernhard Ganter who claimed German medias "hysteria" over issues related to China.   But instead of responding to Bernhard Ganter's opinion where one will notice the original mention of the word "hysteria" , you discover William Barratt's supposedly "biased" piece in which he only noted "inaccurate report" instead of the notion "hysteria" like Ganter did, but somehow you would convince yourself that William Barratt's such response is not only "biased" but it is "a fantastic example of Chinese hysteria over the western media " while the Chinese have actually nothing to do with both of them.

all such selections are ironic (freedom of press) and besides the point. so far all you have done and what the Chinese media (CCP mouth piece) have done is bitch about the western media, no one has talked about any issues about Tibetan rights, or any failures of CCP policy pertaining to the minority rights or regional 'development'.

Apart from acting as a smoke screen, not once have you (or the CCP) addressed the Tibetan point of view, this is just typical xenophobic 'the west is out to get us' type of stuff, typical of your posts. You and it seems people within the PRC see our reporting as 'anti-Chinese' when in fact it just doesn't toe the line in constructed Chinese 'truths' about the issue, we don't subscribe to CCP propaganda.

Please stop some assumptions here.

Originally posted by Zagros Chinese censorship balances western media's disinformation I suppose.

you have to be joking.

yep thats minor. the riots happened, there is footage of that and unrest elsewhere and it was used by almost all media correctly.

Edited by Leonidas - 10-Apr-2008 at 08:40

Leo, I hate to ask this sort of question... but how do you confirm that the reports from Tibetan government is 100% correct, while the reports from Xinhua is 100% false?

Edited by Dream208 - 10-Apr-2008 at 12:01

one is an authocracy that is known for censorship and the other is not.

Bulldog:

Truely, Tibetans are no more than other humans.

Why they are a cause for headlines and Palestinians or Congolese arent is anyones guess.


Edited by Mughaal - 11-Apr-2008 at 02:11

Originally posted by Mughaal Truely, Tibetans are no more than other humans. But my personal opinion is that it gives the Westerners a chance to harangue others instead of themselves. Like a "look, they abuse people too!" kind of deal. Its sort of an outlet for them. While the Palestinian issue may be so many times worse (greatest refugee population in the world, kicked out of their homes by the British Empire) and 1,000,000 lie dead combined in Afghanistan and Iraq, Yemen, Pakistan, Syria, etc - it is the result of Western actions. Now the Westerners get to highlight someone else's shortcomings for a change. And they are willing to make a big show for it.