Tag Archives: Western Media

Veteran China journalist Paul Mooney

A chat about being a foreign journalist in China with Paul J. Mooney, who first came to Asia as a soldier in the Vietnam war, and has worked as a journalist in China since the 1980s. Filmed and edited by Eric Mu.

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Rebecca MacKinnon chats to Anti-CNN.com

Media scholar, Internet fundi and former Beijing bureau chief for CNN, Rebecca MacKinnon reports on a chat with Anti-CNN.com.

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New York Times exposes their own ‘anonymous’ source

Adam Minter looks at a story published today by The New York Times that quotes a source who ‘spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear that he would be further harassed’. But the article provides the name and address of the restaurant owned by the source.

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Ne’er the twain shall meet

Chris Wip and his girlfriend on East and West.

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National Geographic goes Chinese

An American publication portraying China to the Chinese – in Chinese? Not surprisingly, the choice of topics reveals certain China tropes that have gained currency in the West.

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Singapore is cool

Lee Kuan-Yew on what China can learn from Singapore’s dealings with the Western media.

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20 million sock puppets against separatism

Sina has an online signature campaign against the western media that has gotten flooded with sockpuppets.

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Anti CNN demo in LA

A video of anti-CNN demonstrations in L.A.

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The Western media on China, the Olympics and Tibet

A selection of links to different voices in the much-pilloried Western media.

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Yang Rui, the Dalai Lama and a scary caller from Iowa

Link and summary of NPR show about China, nationalism, Tibet etc.

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