Saturday, December 7, 2013

Anti-China Bias in News 7

URL: http://www.theatlantic.com/china/archive/2013/12/how-should-western-leaders-approach-china/282116/

Headline:
How Should Western Leaders Approach China?

Subtitle: Joseph Biden's criticisms of Beijing contrasted sharply with David
Cameron's conciliatory tone. Who had the right idea?


My commentary: Actually the headline is not anti-China, but reflect a real 
question and uncertainty a westerner would have approaching a foreign 
culture.  But the body of the text concentrate more on the negative comments
in Chinese online.

Truth is: Chinese online is not as monotonous as western media portrays it. 
Some of the 600 million people will like rice, the others would like noodles
or bread or beer or whatever.  Some will appreciate constructive critism, 
some will appreciate honesty, some will appreciate charm and tact.   Most 
people, like Americans or any human beings, will naturally not appreciate 
malicious or careless anti-China bias.  

So it should not be so difficult after all.  Media could stop picking out 
only the more negative comments and focusing about them.   We Americans 
should just approach China with honesty, respect and an open mind.  If we 
really can't figure out how to be honest, respectful and open minded, then 
we are all in deeper **** than we realized.

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