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> It would seem your idea of the day to day life in China is one entirely written by US news networks How else am I supposed to learn about life in China witho
by r3bl 8y ago
> It would seem your idea of the day to day life in China is one entirely written by US news networks
How else am I supposed to learn about life in China without speaking Chinese? There's not a go-to source in English for this sort of thing. Of course I'll click on top search results and receive their biased version.
The Great Firewall works both ways. On one side Chinese citizens can't learn about the western culture without putting in some effort. On the other, western people can't learn shit about the daily life in China.
- solarkraft 8y agoI would expect chinese media to be heavily biased towards the CN government anyway, since they basically have a monopoly on media inside the country. A better bet would probably be media from Hong Kong or Taiwan, but those should also be available in english. An approach might be taking in multiple sources of diferent biases. If you want a Youtube channel that is heavily biases against the CN government (spinning all news negatively, but digging up a lot of relevant dirt), have a look at China Uncensored.
- orbital-decay 8y agoAre you really suggesting that an internet firewall is a main contributing factor for the lack of understanding of a different country?
- hrydgard 8y agoHow? Travel there and have a look around. A trip to Shanghai will change your world-view.
- solarkraft 8y agoWhen you travel to North Korea you see a nice country with happy people. Is this really true?