I would say that the two most important China-related issues (where I interjected my opinions) were the Chinese currency debate in October and the South China Sea in June of this year.
To clarify, I didn't just post on USA Today. I also posted on UPI (United Press International), CNN, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Wall Stree Journal, NASDAQ, and a lot of other mainstream websites. I was virtually everywhere in the mainstream press under my pseudonyms "Martian" and "China Lee."
From my October 28, 2011 post:
I indirectly challenged the American Media's credibility
Earlier this month, I indirectly challenged the American media's credibility. If you want a good laugh, read the article by USA Today (link:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/st...56/1?csp=34news) as they bashed China:
If I was ignorant of the truth, I would be pretty upset too! My God, according to USA Today, those Chinese are cheating and undervaluing their currency! It is a pretty upsetting article until you read the second comment (reproduced below), which is located at the end of the article. Ooops! Never mind! Ha ha ha. I posted the truth for the entire country to see.
USA Today forgot to tell its readers that China's currency has already appreciated 30% in the last six years.
I thought I would share the story before I forget it in another few weeks.
I also posted in the comment section of YouTube videos regarding China's currency. See example below.
Senate Votes to Consider Anti-China Bill - YouTube
I should tell you the rest of the story. For days prior to my posts, the Western Media only printed stories about China undervaluing its currency by 25 to 40% and there were a few sporadic articles that mentioned China had appreciated its currency by 7% since 2010.
Eighteen hours after I posted my comment everywhere (that China's currency had appreciated by 30% in the last six years), Reuters published its first story that China had appreciated its currency by 30% since 2005. After Reuters, major publications also published the fact that China's currency had appreciated by 30%. The exception was CNN. CNN wrote that China's currency had appreciated by "over 20%."
The Western media have a choice. They can tell their readers the truth or I'll do it for them.
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My posts in the mainstream media on the South China Sea were relevant to the debate. After I pointed out that the South China Sea and islands were discovered and claimed by China for 1,400 years, the mainstream media changed their articles and incorporated this historical fact.
Within 12 hours after my first batch of posts, I noticed the Guardian was the first to acknowledge the Chinese side of the story. Reuters followed. Next was CNN. After that, all major news publications started printing that the Chinese had a thousand-year-old claim to the South China Sea islands.
From my June 24, 2011 post:
Checkmate
[My post from another forum, but it fits in this thread.]
Peter, you and all of the China-haters are too late. I have posted everywhere in the mainstream media (e.g. Boston Globe, CNBC, CNN, Miami Herald, NASDAQ, Reuters, Sacramento Bee, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Washington Times, etc.) and YouTube over the last 12 days.
This is my reaction to the stubborn Vietnamese posters that came into the Chinese sub-forum and raised a ruckus.
Look in the comment section and the number of "
China Lee" comments. Who do you think had the last laugh? You or me?
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Here is an example:
Rivals push to rename the South China Sea Global Public Square - CNN.com Blogs
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I am also on foreign websites, such as this one in India.
http://www.2point6billion.com/news/2011/06...1#comment-97287
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On The Hill's Congress Blog, Senator Inhofe makes his point and I make mine in the first comment.
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/for...ot-be-tolerated
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Senator McCain makes his point in an article and I present the counterpoint in the first comment. Where have you been Peter? You missed the party.
http://www.nationaldefensemagazine.org/blo...ost.aspx?ID=452
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From my June 25, 2011 post:
The mouse that roared
I forgot to mention something important. On 10% of the Western news sites,
I was censored. San Francisco Chronicle, The Seattle Times, and a few other newspapers deleted my comment on China's 1,400-year-old first discovery of Paracel Islands. Also, Reuters decided to ban me from commenting after I posted a different comment on a second China-Vietnam article.
Nevertheless, I cannot be censored. I simply move to other news services, such as The Diplomat or Foreign Policy. The more that some newspapers try to censor me (by deleting my comment or refusing to post it), the more determined I become to be heard. The Long Island Press held my comment for review by a moderator for four days and then quietly deleted my submission request.
It is ironic that every time they censored my comment, I received a boost in energy and determination to post on ten more websites. I think I have made over two hundred posts on news sites and YouTube during the last 12 days.
The moral of the story is that if you try to censor this mouse, I will roar!
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See fifth full comment (e.g. don't count the replies to original comments):
China to US: Keep Out | China Power
See second full comment:
South China Sea or me? | Prestowitz
