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The Media and China's Deadly Riots
July 07, 2009 9:35 AM
ABC's Chito Romana reports from Beijing:
Chinese officials are using a different approach towards the foreign media in Xinjiang, an approach that is different from the hardline policy used in Tibet. Instead of an outright ban on foreign media coverage, the government has set up a news center for foreign journalists reporting in Urumqi, lodging them in a designated hotel, arranging press tours around the city and organizing news conferences by government officials.
While the internet connection in most parts of the city has been cut off, the news center is equipped with 50+ computers with internet access. State media reported that about 60 foreign journalists and 80 Chinese journalists are now in Urumqi to cover the aftermath of the riot. But the coverage of the Urumqi riot in the state media echoes the themes of last year’s Tibet coverage -- the riot was masterminded by overseas forces (in this case, the Dalai Lama’s counterpart is Rebiya Kadeer and the World Uighur Congress) and was perpetrated by splittist forces (in this case, the “East Turkestan separatists”) who killed and injured innocent Han Chinese and smashed their shops and other properties.
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This is a horrible article! Please don't write half A$$ news... Details with the story please...
Posted by: tenzin | Jul 7, 2009 12:47:43 PM
Why not show those women and kids killed by the MSLs? Such a peaceful religion.
Posted by: mike | Jul 7, 2009 3:42:47 PM
Yes, you can get some picture for the died men, womem and kids!! They were killed by the radical Uigur!!
And over 1000 people had been hurt and are in the hospital. You can try to give some help to them. And show the picture to all the world . The terrible terrorist need to be killed!
Hope all the world can beat the radical Islam together!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: phoebe | Jul 8, 2009 3:29:39 AM
Yes, the poor Chines are being abused by the Uighur, and by the Tibetans too.
Please, wake up to the meaning of invasive imperialism, China exploits their resources, and tries to eliminate the people by swamping them with ethnic Chines, or any other means.
Posted by: Oso | Jul 8, 2009 12:18:36 PM
Phoebe:
Blaming the current violence in Xinjiang on radical Islam shows a complete and total ignorance of the situation.
Yes, Uyghurs are a traditionally-Muslim people group. However, in this case, their grievance is primarily economic--being treated as second-class citizens and being barred from job opportunities in their own homeland.
Please do not spread baseless, fear-mongering rumors that stereotype all Muslims as radical terrorists.
And in case you're wondering, I've been living in China for 5 years and have a good friend who is Uyghur. She hasn't heard from her family in Urumqi and is desperately hoping they're ok.
Posted by: naomi | Jul 8, 2009 12:48:39 PM
Western media is biased and the only non-biased source is Xinhua.
Yeah, right.
Posted by: Urabi | Jul 11, 2009 5:23:08 AM
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