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It just reads like an anti-Chinese propaganda piece. Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of Chinese people are very disenfranchised by their government. But a lo

It just reads like an anti-Chinese propaganda piece. Don't get me wrong, I think a lot of Chinese people are very disenfranchised by their government. But a lot of them love it too. But western media always focuses on those that dislike it. Which is not a balanced perspective of their people.

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muglug 7y ago
Given that putting your name to public criticism is a career-ending move in China, I think it's great that western media gives dissidents a voice.
unishark 7y ago
I don't know that any country's media gives a balanced perspective of another country. They just cover the stories that are interesting enough to repeat in their own country. "most people are doing just fine over here" is generally not such a story.
socialdemocrat 7y ago
It read like an authentic account from someone living there. Your response in contrast sounds like paid for propaganda in favor of the CCP. I read all sorts of descriptions of China. I would say in general the news is often too positive. Xi has increased dictatorial powers substantially. The internment of Ughuiyers is a massive human rights abuse they get little criticism for. Not to mention the relentless push to end any sliver of democracy and freedom in Hong Kong. Freedom in China is regressing under Xi and that is a serious cause for concern.
- dang 7y ago
  > Your response in contrast sounds like paid for propaganda in favor of the CCP. That breaks the site guidelines. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't do this again. Also, please stop posting nationalistic flamebait to HN. We've already had to ask you this.
socialdemocrat 7y ago
Also keep in mind that positive views of the CCP are not quite as reliable as the negative ones, given that China is dictatorship actively trying to brainwash people into loving the CCP. What do you think their views would have been had a free press existed and schools did not engage in indoctrination?

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muglug 7y ago

Given that putting your name to public criticism is a career-ending move in China, I think it's great that western media gives dissidents a voice.

unishark 7y ago

I don't know that any country's media gives a balanced perspective of another country. They just cover the stories that are interesting enough to repeat in their own country. "most people are doing just fine over here" is generally not such a story.

socialdemocrat 7y ago

It read like an authentic account from someone living there. Your response in contrast sounds like paid for propaganda in favor of the CCP. I read all sorts of descriptions of China. I would say in general the news is often too positive. Xi has increased dictatorial powers substantially. The internment of Ughuiyers is a massive human rights abuse they get little criticism for. Not to mention the relentless push to end any sliver of democracy and freedom in Hong Kong. Freedom in China is regressing under Xi and that is a serious cause for concern.

dang 7y ago
> Your response in contrast sounds like paid for propaganda in favor of the CCP. That breaks the site guidelines. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and don't do this again. Also, please stop posting nationalistic flamebait to HN. We've already had to ask you this.

socialdemocrat 7y ago

Also keep in mind that positive views of the CCP are not quite as reliable as the negative ones, given that China is dictatorship actively trying to brainwash people into loving the CCP. What do you think their views would have been had a free press existed and schools did not engage in indoctrination?