Episode 3: West Media Coverage of China
China Clashes with the WestHosts:
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?
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?
02/04/18 • 41 min
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