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Tibet: A Media Perspective
Every so often ACB comes across an article in the Big Media which is wrong on so many levels that it is hard to describe. That article may be so fatuous or so naive that begs the question which planet is the author actually living on, so twisted in its logic that it can walk down the sidewalk and meet itself coming back the other way, so overflowing with superlatives or derivation that it is clear from the start that the author is anything but objective, or simply so dogged in its insistences that it such trivialities as facts seem lost on the author.
One such such article, one that is wrong on many different levels, appeared in a certain Big Media publication this week and is included below for your reading pleasure. ACB won't pass direct comment on its content, but instead invites readers to ponder it and to decide for themselves why ACB considers it to be a prime example of how Big Media often only ever tells half the story. Readers are also invited to guess who published it. The answer is at the end. If you can't see anything wrong with this, ACB invites you to compare the questions that answers that the author gives to the issues that blogs such as this actually raise.
To save any confusion, when the author says "here", they mean Australia.
A Tibetan professor said here on Thursday the incident that took place on March 14 would not result in a policy change towards Tibet from the Chinese government.
The Chinese government will continue its support to Tibet to keep the peace and stability in the autonomous region, said Professor Sherap Nyima, head of the Chinese Tibetan delegation now on a visit in Australia.
"The Chinese government will provide 170 billion yuan to Tibet during the period of the 11th Five-Year Plan (2006-2010) to improve social life and infrastructure there," Nyima said at a Tibetology seminar in the New South Wales Parliament House.
The seminar was attended by NSW members of parliament, representatives from the Chinese community in Sydney and local media.
Tibet has undertaken great changes in the past few decades, said Nyima, who is the Vice-President of the Central University of Nationalities of China, adding that the average annual income of the Tibetans increased to around 10,000 yuan in 2007 from 241 yuanin 1965 and the average life expectancy almost doubled in the pastfive decades.
Professor Tseyang Changngo, a member of the delegation and Vice President of the Tibet University in Lhasa, also said the Chinese government has spent lots of money and exerted great efforts in cultural protection in the region.
"I teach Tibetan history and women and gender studies in Tibetan language at my university. Tibetan language is also taught in primary and middle schools in Tibet. We Tibetans can even have Microsoft office software in Tibetan language and can send mobile messages in Tibetan language," she said.
At the seminar, Nyima also refuted criticisms that the Chinese government tried to change the demographic composition of Tibet by sending a large number of Han Chinese into the region. The real situation is totally different, he said.
"There are 2.8 million people in Tibet, of which Han Chinese only account for five percent and the Tibetans 92 percent. Moreover, Tibet is part of China and why the Hans are not allowed to come and help Tibetans build a better Tibet?" the professor asked.
Nyima said many people outside China know little about Tibet because they have never visited the place and are misled by Dalai Lama and a few foreign media with ulterior motives.
"I come here hoping to communicate directly with you and tell you the real truth about Tibet. I hope more people will visit Tibet from Australia and more Tibetan scholars will come here to exchange ideas with you," he said.
The seminar was organized by the Australian Council for the Promotion of Peaceful Reunification of China.
The Tibetan delegation arrived here on Wednesday and will visit Canberra and Melbourne before leaving for New Zealand.
If you haven't already guessed, this article is from ANI and was published in English by Xinhua. Readers should pay particular attention to the way that the author covers the issues of investment, demographics and cultural erosion by glossing over the actual substance of the complaints made against Beijing.
Dear Angry,
When PBS ran its series on China last year, my Chinese friends were
thrilled by the thought that Americans had such an interest in China. They
were especially impressed by the knowledge Americans showed when posting
their comments. But after the segment on Tibet, they were angry that the
Tibetans monopolized the discussion - just weren't interested in what they
had to say.
Are those professors CCP?
As a Han-Chinese, I'd rather believe western media. Chinese media officers
arrange liars on the TV is so often。
What happend in T1bet these decades is so much alikely what happened in
Xinjiang (Uygur people region）
The Gov. always tell you how much they spent there and how the local
people's life level improved.
Yes, the average income of T1betans increased largely, but that's just
"average"， not widespreadly. Even in the Han region, the so-called
increased average income only means the government officers got a higher
income.
And even the statistic data is not deserved to be believed. Because
they are only numbers. In China,several economists say that most Chinese
has their actually income decreased these years because of the inflation
and CPI.
Just to clarify something, if I may. When Daba says "Tibetan Medium"
teaching, what they mean is that Tibetans may be "taught" Tibetan, but not
"In Tibetan". Put simply, they learn Tibetan as a second language.
"I am sure these place-holder professors experienced a more polite
reception than they deserved."
Even the ones who are selling out their own heritage just for
money/position with the Han?
Even those who might appear to be. Information-control and oppression when
heavy enough makes everybody a collaborator. Apparently (that being my
point).
What credibility has a delegation from a regime that does not allow
independent verification of the ‘information’ proffered by their
propaganda-soldiers?
Try and do some research on the ground in Tibet, and
you’re met with the most puerile intimidation, stonewalling and immediate
expulsion if you dare to ask any pertinent questions.
These delegations travel the world and expect they’ll be met with
unfettered enthusiasm, for they carry the ‘good news’ about Tibet according
to the CCP’s Propaganda unit.
Any regime that does not allow free access to its territory, people, and an
independent press, will only ever disseminate the complete inversion of the
truth.
And that’s exactly what always has transpired, the CCP’s propaganda
is just a tissue of lies.
Their pretty numbers can’t tell you the real story, as they don’t
corroborate with reality on the ground.
But will they ever comprehend that they are just the laughing stock of the
planet for the obtuse, sbsurd attempts at hoodwinking the world?
It would be laughable indeed, if it weren’t for the fact that they are
trying to hide the most atrocious crimes and discriminations against the
Tibetan people.
China does need some major reform in its political arena. This is because
as it's ideology has now been replaced by capitalistic thinking, majority
of the Chinese now are able to develop their own opinion of any national or
international issues. The blocking of many internet websites goes to show
that great number of Chinese are now not relying on the country's only
Party news outlet instead they are actualy going out of their way to find
news that are unfiltered. Take Tibet for instance. Even though Xinghua
and other CCP's media outlet continues to show their version of History,
mainlanders are now becoming more and more restless and thus are going out
to look for the truth (not facts) themselves.
China's single party system will not go on for long as more and more
Chinese are exposed to the outside world, the government will soon
eventually will not be able to regulate every move of its citizen.