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14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Coming to terms with t... · 2 replies · +2 points

Correction, 'trust' doesn't have anything to do with 'power', but everything to do with 'leader'. China is becoming one of world's dominant power, no matter you admit it or not. But yes, China is not ready to be the leader now, nor will it be in the near future. On the other hand, don't think everything will be un-changed in the future. Did people 'trust' quality in Japanese cars 20 years ago?

14 years ago @ Macleans.ca - Coming to terms with t... · 0 replies · +2 points

'This reality was on display this week, with Beijing’s ruthless suppression of a protest in its western Xingjiang region, home to most of the country’s eight million Muslim Uighurs. Protesters reportedly took to the streets after a mob of Han Chinese attacked several Uighurs at a toy factory in Guangdong, injuring almost a dozen and killing two. What started as a protest devolved into a riot and left 150 dead and more than 800 injured after China’s paramilitary police force moved in.'

The above portion of the editorial bothered me as this its NOT fact based. I was in China in the last couple of weeks, the people were killed mostly were Han civilian among them many women and kids, they were killed by Uighurs. I am sympathic of Tibetans as their protests were towards government but killing civilian women and children just made these Uighurs terrorists.

Our media needs to learn how to stay fact-based, no matter how attempting it is by just twisting the truth to support your points (which still could be true and correct). Unlike news in the Western world, while correctness of information is constantly monitored by the pubic. News about China hardly receives feedback from its subject - Chinese public.

I would concur Jianping Xu's previous comment that a large population of Chinese who previously admire western democracy and media had turned around recently, mainly due to these fact-twisted news. To avoid this happening again, check your journalism practice 101.