China Clashes with the West

Hosts:

Frank Zhao

Hans Tian

Stanley Lee

related links:

What happens when China becomes no.1? - Kishore Mahbubani

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVkLqC3p0Og

Is there a real western media bias against China?

https://www.quora.com/Is-there-a-real-western-media-bias-against-China-as-claimed-by-so-many-particularly-mainland-Chinese

03:00 - nature of media - covering negative stories

05:11 - different mindset about media in China

06:00 - 2008 Olympics and the Tibet issue

08:10 - lack of knowledge and ideological bias on Tibet

10:00 - over-exaggeration for financial purposes

11:20 - two major functions of media outlets

11:55 - good guy vs bad guy (what readers want - simple stories)

13:03 - ideological discrimination against non-western world

14:30 - “news” as a part of entertainment industry

15:40 - boring news in China and Singapore

16:30 - Chinese media: bias in a different way

18:40 - Western mentality: if you don’t do things the western way then you are doing it the wrong way.

19:20 - difference between BBC/ CBC vs corporate media

21:20 - Trump taking advantages of “news entertainment”

22:25 - Chinese propaganda

23:40 - in the west, they show you everything but you don’t have time to find out what’s real and what’s fake

25:00 - as readers, we need to beware all media outlets are biased in a different way.

25:50 - Hans’ top 5 anti-China media outlets

26:40 - the Economist’s centric position

29:40 - CNN: cover news like sports events

29:50 - Globe and Mail: it’s not only about China but also the Chinese people

30:30 - Globe and Mail’s coverage of Chinese community

31:40 - Narrow mindedness of Canadian media

32:30 - Trudeau’s comment on Chinese efficiency was bashed by Canadian media outlets

34:40 - mindset of being a “small country” - Canada

35:30 - problems of Chinese nationalism on internet

36:20 - Chinese government wouldn’t be kidnapped by crazy public opinions

36:50 - problem of “dance with the public”

38:20 - an undemocratic China is in the best interests of the west

39:15 - what kind of Chinese leader will be elected?

We discuss how China is using Mandopop to exert global influence.

1:00 - What’s so different about Xi compared to his predecessors?

7:30 - Is he the most powerful person since Mao or Deng?

11:30 - Is this the end of collective leadership? Is the Standing Committee of the Politburo still relevant? or the power has shifted to Xi as the core and those small groups would become the new decision making areas?

15:00 - How do you comment on Xi-Trump meeting in China?

18:30 - Is this tipping point of China become No.1 again?

23:00 - What’s so good about the Chinese system? What not so good about it? What are the biggest western stereotypes or misunderstandings of the Chinese political system?