China accuses Western media of ‘terrorism’ against Asia

[dr.umer]

China accuses Western media of ‘terrorism’ against Asia​

October 24, 2008

BEIJING: China has launched an aggressive campaign against the alleged bias of the Western media as a top Chinese government representative blasted major Western TV channels and newspapers of conducting ‘media terrorism’ against the Asian countries.

At the 4th Asia-Europe journalists roundtable conference which ended on Thursday, CNN, the BBC, the New York Times, the Washington Post, The Times London, The Economist, French paper Le Monde and German magazine Der Spiegel were blamed by name for distorting facts and were accused of blatant bias and prejudice.

Just one day before the 7th Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) here in Beijing, a comprehensive charge-sheet was presented against the Western media by Professor Li Xiguang, Executive Dean School of Journalism and Tsinghua University, Beijing, in a media conference attended by selected journalists from Asia and Europe.

Professor Li has been leading a national program for training government spokesmen and heads of the government press office since 2001. He is also the head of Pakistan Study Centre in Beijing.

He came out with documentary evidence against the Western media in the journalists’ roundtable conference. Majority of the invitees in the roundtable came from Europe and Professor Li embarrassed all of them by showing evidence of blunders committed by the top Western media outlets.

He said the Western media was very sensitive about US casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan but always showed insensitivity towards the civilian casualties. He gave reference of a story released by a Western news agency and said: “American soldiers killed yesterday in Afghanistan were worthy victims for the Western media but 10 Afghan civilians killed were unworthy victims, they were not given importance and this dichotomy is creating misunderstandings between the people of two continents.”

He said the Western media and NGOs always try to set the agenda of their own liking for Asian countries. They want to control Asia and if any Asian country tries to get out of their control, it becomes an immediate target of media terrorism.

Professor Li accepted that Asian countries did not have the power to advance their own agendas because the international media was controlled by the Western companies. He said: “Western spin doctors have buried the truth; today the common man in the West is not aware who is a terrorist and who is a victim because CNN and the BBC project victims as terrorists.”

Professor Li taunted that “Osama bin Laden was a freedom fighter for the Western media in 1980 but is now a terrorist.” He said the Western media was using the name of democracy to promote undemocratic culture in Asia. He said the ‘tabloid media’ of the West was promoting tabloid democracy in Asia.

He showed some fake pictures published by the New York Times and the Washington Post with a caption “Chinese police beating protesters in Tibet”. He proved that those pictures were not taken in Tibet but taken in Nepal. The Western media actually used the word “Chinese police” for Nepali police and spread anti-China propaganda all over the world.

No Western journalist present in the conference questioned the allegations made by Professor Li. One French journalist from Le Monde asked Professor Li “why don’t you allow Western media to visit Tibet for reporting facts”. Professor Li just ignored her question. A German journalist Mercedes Bunz partly agreed with the Chinese professor but said all the Western journalists were not the same.

The roundtable ended on Thursday evening after recommending to ASEM that the media should bridge the gap between different civilisations instead of widening gaps through “disinformation”.

The journalist conference was organised by Asia-Europe Foundation and the All-China Journalists Association. The conference discussed affects of globalisation on the media and especially the need for integrating the print and electronic media to face new challenges. It has been learnt that the Chinese government has started encouraging young information technology experts to form special blogs against the CNN, the BBC and other Western media organisations to counter the anti-China propaganda.

 

[Flintlock]

I wonder when we'll stop taking these "allegations" seriously. This is simply chicom propaganda to feed the domestic audience and keep them satisfied with the current regime.

 

[dr.umer]

I wonder when we'll stop taking these "allegations" seriously.

Any good reason not to take these "allegations" seriously ?

This is simply chicom propaganda to feed the domestic audience and keep them satisfied with the current regime.

Read the post again. He was addressing journalist from Western media "not" Chinese media alone and he had proves of what he stated.

Calling everything against west "propaganda" is only in favor of your wet dreams.

 

[pkpatriotic]

China accuses Western media of ‘terrorism’ against Asia​

October 24, 2008

BEIJING: China has launched an aggressive campaign against the alleged bias of the Western media as a top Chinese government representative blasted major Western TV channels and newspapers of conducting ‘media terrorism’ against the Asian countries.................

...............Professor Li accepted that Asian countries did not have the power to advance their own agendas because the international media was controlled by the Western companies. He said: “Western spin doctors have buried the truth; today the common man in the West is not aware who is a terrorist and who is a victim because CNN and the BBC project victims as terrorists.”

Professor Li taunted that “Osama bin Laden was a freedom fighter for the Western media in 1980 but is now a terrorist.” He said the Western media was using the name of democracy to promote undemocratic culture in Asia. He said the ‘tabloid media’ of the West was promoting tabloid democracy in Asia.

He showed some fake pictures published by the New York Times and the Washington Post with a caption “Chinese police beating protesters in Tibet”. He proved that those pictures were not taken in Tibet but taken in Nepal. The Western media actually used the word “Chinese police” for Nepali police and spread anti-China propaganda all over the world.

No Western journalist present in the conference questioned the allegations made by Professor Li. One French journalist from Le Monde asked Professor Li “why don’t you allow Western media to visit Tibet for reporting facts”. Professor Li just ignored her question. A German journalist Mercedes Bunz partly agreed with the Chinese professor but said all the Western journalists were not the same.

The roundtable ended on Thursday evening after recommending to ASEM that the media should bridge the gap between different civilisations instead of widening gaps through “disinformation”.

USA is became a major source to manipulate the realities of the world for its self interests, and to manipulate its own in land governing weekness and faults to make fool of its own nation, thru Media.
I wonder on their certain "beyghairti" that every time their manipulated lies fails and true picture come on face, and now the world including their own nation have understandings about the bad intentions of US government based of specific lobby, even though they are continue with such practices.
Global impression about USA is that is a real biggest democracy as calimed by themselves (US) too, may be its was a democracy once upon a time n past, who have establshed social systems their, but as in my view its totally CIA oriented Millitary dictatorship over USA, as i have been observing since last two decades, and which ultimately now doing every efforts to jeoperdizing their social systems like: individuals privacy and independancy, (every phone and each email cud be assessable by the agencies, etc....... President has powers beyond the Congress/house, while President is always supposed to oblige the advices made by CIA or millitary officials............even now they post ex-services men (like N.Ponte etc.,) at their state department for such a sensetive diplomatic mission of foreign relations.
I personally feel sorry for poor helpless american nation that, they are losing quickly all their self-respect, intigrity and sovergnity in the name of anti terrorism themes & theories by the hands of their own but CIA oriented millitary supported Presidents. Its reallty sorry for them that at the end of the day they will be in the the situation even worst then us (Pakistan and other 3rd world countries).

I agree and appreciated Germans journalist's comments as highlighted in Red above which seem little bit better and justified.

 

[Logic note]

Any good reason not to take these "allegations" seriously ?

Yes , it from the mouth of a person who doesnt allow any other opinion and media in his own country ..
someone who believes in dictatorship of media and opinion .

Read the post again. He was addressing journalist from Western media "not" Chinese media alone and he had proves of what he stated.

Calling everything against west "propaganda" is only in favor of your wet dreams.

Lol there is nothing called Chinese Media .. there are puppets in China
he has not proved anything what he said . he only proves what he has not said which is " Only I am Right, every one else is wrong "

 

[gpit]

Hats off to Professor Li!

He is telling the truth not only for the Chinese, but also for other Asians, as well as those being treated unfairly.

Western media are of the money-lords, by the money-lords, and for the money-lords. There are countless evidences to support that.

Asians were their slaves, and are still partially their slaves. And some Westerners want to maintain the partial slavery as long as they can. One way to achieve that is to lie to the public.

Very unfortunately, some Asians have sold their soles to money, and joined the lying chorus. Shame on them!

We conscious people, being either Asians or Westerners, must wipe clear our eyes and see through those evil Westerner and their Asian pawns.

 

[gpit]

Western media was very sensitive about US casualties in Iraq and Afghanistan but always showed insensitivity towards the civilian casualties.

it's not just 'insensitive', it's callous!

 

[Flintlock]

^There you go - see how effective the propaganda is on Chinese?

 

[IceCold]

This should have been done earlier. Western Media is like a loose hell hound which is leashed over countries that try to go the other way round. Pakistan, China, Iran and before the iraqi invasion, Iraq are the biggest victims of this trash talking and not only China but i believe all nations effected by this nonsense propaganda should also join in hands. Its about time West should be stripped naked of this liberty that they take it for granted in the name of freedom of speech.