A LETTER FROM AN ORDINARY CHINESE (quote from internet)
When we were seen as "Sick Men from East Asia", we were called The Peril.
When we strived to get stronger, we are called The Threat.
When we closed our doors to the world, you forced them open with drugs and guns.
When we finally embraced Free Trade, you blame us for taking away your jobs.
When we were falling apart, you marched in your troops and robbed us blind.
When we put the broken pieces back together again, "Free Tibet" you screamed, it was an invasion!
So, we tried Communism, you hated us for being Communists.
Then we learned from Capitalism, you hated us for being Capitalists.
When we had a billion people, you said "The planet is starving."
So we tried to limit our population, you said it was Human Rights Abuse.
When we were poor, you think we are dogs.
When we loan you cash, you blame us for your debts.
When we build our industries, you blame us for global warming.
When we sell you goods you can afford, you blame us for dumping inferior products.
When we buy oil, you called that exploitation and assisting genocide.
When you fight for oil, you called that Liberation of Its People.
When we were lost in chaos and rampage, you wanted Rules of Law for us.
When we uphold our law and order against violence, you called that Violating Human Rights.
When we were silent, you said we have No Free Speech.
When we are NOW silent no more, you say we are merely "Brainwashed".
"Why do you hate us so much?" We asked.
"No" You answered, "We don’t hate you."
Truth is we really don’t hate you either, but do you understand us?
"Of course we do" You said, "We have BBC, CNN and AFPs."
So we ask you now "What do you really know and want from us?"
And "Why do you find it SO hard to accept us?"
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All the BBC reports about China are negative. human mind is subjective, but as a media, being fair-minded is the basic moral principle.
Criticizing is not bad, but selectively reporting is bad.
BBC needs to be more professional. if a media can not be comprehensive, it equivalents to manipulating and lying.
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Youtube 上面有一个关于西藏的短片，值得一看。 奥运年注定了不会平静。如果台湾西藏不借助这个时间行动一把，那反而到出乎常理了。 意见是个主观的，所以每个人都会有偏见。前几天给某人讲了个‘拉手半年，不敢亲亲’的爱情故事，引发了对中国的文化，思想灌输，以及中国媒体言论自由问题的一系列讨论，让我很是郁闷。 我是典型的中立立场，真理是在一定的条件下才成立的。非要说对错，pointless.
我们都知道我们的国家在很多很多的地方都要努力改进。 powerapple 上某个帖子引用了“做正确的事&做事正确”， effective 和 efficent 的区别，要有正确的方向，在谈正确的方法。我们要一步一步的改进。有Reporters Without Borders类似组织不停的监督，想信有一天，中国媒体会做到和西方媒体一样的。是的，和西方媒体一样，但是并不是自由。绝对的自由是不存在的（托福听力一出现绝对字眼，那选项必错–新东方入门必备之常识）。 媒体是一种手段，宣传手段，手段是服务于其领导者的。为媒体的自由之争长期存在是因为媒体的绝对自由在现有机制下是无法实现的。（不要和我一个学交通的较真儿 什么是现有机制的定义） BBC 照样被manipulate，不同力量的冲突长期存在。需要承认的是，manipulate的程度（很）不同。
there is the video on youtube, it’s worth to have a look using proxy or whatever.
When other media talk about the media freedom issue in china, youtube delete comments under this video, and manipulates the number of hit the rate. (to prevent this video hits the top page)
the ‘facts’ we see are all filtered through media, and to different extent peronal emontion and bias has been added to the reports. again, there is nothing absolute, no absolute fair, no absolute free. the question is to what degree we can have.
about the video, dont want to say who is right who is wrong. i myself havent done the homework of Tibet’s history, so dont want to bark here. just quote some comments here.
‘most westerners are going to think chinese are brainwashed by chinese gov’t.’
‘I see it as a result of many years of indoctrination of the Chinese people. ‘
‘i can only look at the coments here as a lack of understanding, based on a lack of free media. fact is that the chinese people are kept from a free media and therefore cant see the real disaster. ‘
‘you just wasting your time doing this. talking about history to americans? they cant not locate their own country on the map. dont expect them to respect other countries’ history and culture… ‘
‘whenever ppl talk to me FREE TIBET…brabrabra..I always tell them, then all u europeans should leave us/ca/au/nz,coz these place are belong to natives, not ur cracker’s!!!CAN U GO BACK TO EUROPE???if u cant do that, then shut up, and leave us along.’
‘as i grew up,i realised how grey this world is,so is politics.
i wish we can all deal conflicting issues in the world with love and care…but maybe we will never be able to do that,we are pathetic human beings..
maybe it’s not a good way to justify the way we treat minority Chinese by saying,look,the europeans have done loads of terrible things,why just blame us!?’
