Systemic demonization of China by the Western Media (2)

BBC: 9 March 2009

‘China will not have democracy’

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7932091.stm

China will never adopt Western-style democracy with a multi-party system, its top legislator has said.

Parliament chief Wu Bangguo said that China would draw on the achievements of all cultures but would not "simply copy" the West.

Communist Party leadership should be strengthened and "the correct political orientation" maintained, he said.

Mr Wu made the comments in a speech to the National People's Congress, China's annual parliament session.

He ranks second only to President Hu Jintao in the Communist Party hierarchy.

"We must draw on the achievements of all cultures," he told delegates in Beijing's Great Hall of the People.

"But we will never simply copy the system of Western countries or introduce a system of multiple parties holding office in rotation," he added.

"Although China's state organs have different responsibilities, they all adhere to the line, principles and policies of the Party."

Correspondents say Mr Wu's statement appeared to be a deliberate rejection of calls in China and abroad for greater liberalisation.

China faces a number of highly sensitive anniversaries this year, including 20 years since the military crushed pro-democracy protests in Tiananmen Square, and 50 years since an anti-China uprising in Lhasa that sparked the Dalai Lama's flight into exile.

The authorities in Beijing also fear that the economic downturn and job losses for millions of migrant workers could trigger outbreaks of social unrest.

Home My Apology Contact

Free resources/story ideas

for Western Journalists

Systemic demonization of China by the Western Media

An Issue of Deliberate Distortion (2)

Text Box: Our Objectives: Building a harmonise world through accurate information Anti-media disinformation Building a better world through exploring the weaknesses and strengths of different political system Anti-exploitation of developing countries Anti-war Promote fairness and justice in international relations Anti-state terrorism and terrorism of all kinds Learn from the success of other cultures Our Strategy: Using facts and figures to directly compare varies issues such as human rights, minority policy, war crimes etc, between the accusers and those being accused to eliminate bigotry and racism at International level.

The way Western Media demonised China or any countries not towing their political master line of interest are relenting and creative.

Anybody who know history will know that, China has done nothing wrong against the West throughout their civilisation. On the contrary, China has been the victim of Western aggression and exploitation over the last 170 years. I will write an article on this aspect of China history in the near future. Meantime, let us continue our evident of Western media disinformation against China on a deliberate manner.

Method 3: Creating misleading heading against China knowing that most readers will not read the content

Treatment of China by the Western Media:

The original statement made by a Chinese leader was: “China would draw on the achievements of all cultures but would not "simply copy" the West.” BBC has reported this statement in their following report on the 9th March 2009 (refer to green box below), and ABC didn’t (refer to Grey Box below). But, both in their heading claimed that China will not have democracy or adopt democracy. This kind of heading is highly misleading and irresponsible because many readers simply browse through the heading and not reading the content unless they are interested in the topic.

蔡伟麟

Chua, Wei Ling

Text Box: Do not get angry with me over the facts I presented. Question me if I get my facts wrong! Have your says: Twitter =================== Confucius: “Don’t do to other if you do not want them to do to you” 己所不欲，勿施於人

This is another classic case of selective reporting by the ABC in Australia and BBC in UK.

The issue here is, democracy come in many forms and even among the western countries, there are different types of democracy. For example, in Switzerland, the President and Vice President are not directly elected by the people, and the voting pattern is mostly based on ethnical line. (Note: President & Vice President in Switzerland are elected by the Federal Assembly from among the members of the Federal Council for one-year terms that run concurrently, that is, Federal Council members take turn to become President). This system is unique to Switzerland due to the social, culture, economic and ethnic conditions of the country. It work well in Switzerland with political stability and outsider should not interfere with their internal affair.

India is also a democracy, however, the following report by a British Journalist , Peter Foster indicated that: China care more about public opinion than India: I directly select some of his observation as follows:

————————————————————————————————————————————————

Statements Quoted directly from Peter Foster personal web blog:

“China might not be run by a democratically elected government, but I suspect that many Westerners would be surprised at how sensitive the country's autocratic leadership is to public opinion.”

“the Chinese government had, he said, actively consulted not only with international agencies like his own, but also with the public who had put in thousands of submissions. And the exercise was not purely cosmetic. Substantial changes were made to the policy to reflect many people's concerns, including more clarity on how the insurance would be financed and the creation of a central drugs list to stop irrational prescribing.”

“This level of consultation, the person added, marked a step-change from ten - or even five - years ago.”

“ I'm not suggesting that China's rulers have suddenly gone all cuddly and focus-group obsessed, but people who deal with the leadership at a very high level seem to feel that that it is becoming genuinely more consultative.”

“As a former correspondent in New Delhi, I also must confess to finding myself constantly amazed by the responsiveness of China's rulers when compared to India's who, in my experience, were spectacularly unconcerned about the well-being of ordinary people.”

“One reason for this is the caste/class nexus which culturally disposes India's elites not to care about those beneath them - but the other, I'm afraid to report, is a function of India's much- vaunted, but corroded democracy.”

For full detail of his observation, click here.

————————————————————————————————————————————————

According to the American base PEW Global attitude research in 2008: 86% of the Chinese citizen satisfied with their country direction while the 2nd highest is Australia at 61%. I wonder why most of the self-claims “Objective” Western media consistently failed to report this kind of positive news about China!??

In fact, when you read my up coming research: “Media bias report - 2008 Sichuan Earthquake Vs. 2005 Katrina Disaster in USA Vs. 2009 Black Saturday in Australia”, you will find that, Chinese leaders care more and do more for its citizens then any of the elected western leaders.

Written on 20 Oct 2009