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I have to stress that the opinions I express here are those of mine and mine only. They have nothing to do with the newspaper that I work for and they don't meddle with my professional judgement at work.
Some of the stuff I include in this blog are my rants, some are translations from the Chinese media, and some are news clippings that I think are important or interesting enough to share. Until some multimillionaires dare to start an English newspaper that reports on the Chinese community, I hope my humble effort here could help people better understand this community.
I was born and raised in Hong Kong. I came to Vancouver to study university in 1984. Vancouver is my home now.
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As a Chinese Canadian, I am so proud of you!
I would like to share my points with you: I just read CTV Toronto
comments on Toronto Chinse protest anti-china on Mar 29, and there is the link: http://www.ctvtoronto.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20080329/chinese_canadians_concert_080329/20080329/?site_codename=Toronto
and the following is my repond emailed to CTV:
Remind you the facts: 1.Chinese students got the visa entering Canada from Canadian government, not from Chinese government. So, how can China Consulate in Toronto control those prochina students? Actually, they are facing the risk losing Canadian visa for protesting on the street because they are against the major Canadian society value. 2. If those Chinese students want to join a freedom country like Canada, they can join the protest with those Tibetan Canadian and ask for politcal asylum later.So, why did they miss a big chance to be a refugee?
Question: have you investigated those Tibetan Canadian's background? How did they get into Canada? are they political refugee?
wenkai, great job! as i always say, reporters can criticize and they can have a standpoint, but they have to stick with facts.
dear Susanna, how to explain the reason why
Vanouversun/the province/news1130 did NOT cover the news that Chinese protest media biased on Mar 29? how to explain the reason why those media love to repeat the stories from Dalai but not from us? do you know some Chinese media guys working for those media and kindly ask them to talk to their arrogant white reporters and editors?
hi wenkai,
are you talking about the march 29 march in dt vancouver? i've got a very good reason. this time it's not about the arrogant reporters. the organizers have been too cautious and they were too worried about potential clashes with any pro-tibet groups. the organizers have kept the time and place of the rally at a very low key. i don't think they have publicized enough ahead of time. if one of our reporters didn't pick up the notice from the online forum, no media would have known about the rally. i think there's also a cultural element here. it would be a much more vocal event if the organizers were more bold in sending out mass media advisories to all media outlets. well, i guess we all have to learn from experience, right? :)
dear Susanna, your reply might be reasonable.
One thing I still don't get is why most overseas Chinese do not show up to support" Tibet is a part of China". we are sure that most overseas chinese support that idea because we know that. But why not speak out? you can see some Tibetan protest outside China consulate. but comparing with 1/5 vancouver residents are Chinese, those tibetan are very very very small.
today, Mingpaovan had the news that there may be a thousand people attending protest Olympic torch rally in San Francisco.Well, we all know that SF has a big population of chinese. Even a small fraction of chinese showing up may swallow those protesters. but again, i know there are not going to happen.
i am so frustrated that most overseas chinese do not have the courage as you have.
SN
I am so impressed by what you have done as a professional journalism practitioner, bravo!
Leave polictics aside,what this is about is news reporting, and the foundamental elements in journalism are fact and fact. But look at what they've done and are still doing.
I am so disappointed at those western media,with the twisted reporting on Tibet,one has to ask:did/do they care about the fact?
Seems to me that those people only say things in their receivers(readers and views) favor(that's acceptable), and they could go as far as to fabricate to cater the public(that's unacceptable). I can't help thinking whether bashing china has been an effective way to increase marketing , this is acctually a not-bad research topic, to see wether there is a link between bashing china and newspapers selling.
I agree with you that the gov of PRC. handled the reporting in a stupid way. It could have been better had they had an open policy. However, if it were not for this stupid policy, one would not have had this opportunity to see such a chaos or the truth in/of the western news world.
Besides, it's intersting to see people here criticizing a nation based on its political system,a ridiculous mistake.
BTW,Dalai Lama has been carefully distanced himself from being called a political leader, no matter how successful he has done in the political arena. Deny or not, he is a politician, which means he's no less a liar than other political players.
Looking forward to more of your exciting and indepth posting.
The Shadow of the Dalai Lama – Part II – 4. Social Reality in Ancient Tibet
by Victor & Victoria Trimondi
http://www.iivs.de/~iivs01311/SDLE/Part-2-04.htm
Exerpt
"It is not our task here to offer an assessment of the improvements much praised by the Chinese which they claim to have brought to the medieval country. We personally believe that in social terms the Tibetan people today live better than they did under the rule of Lamaism. But we in no sense mean by this that the current social situation in the Land of Snows is ideal. We hold many of the accusations and criticisms leveled at Beijing’s “minority politics” by the Tibetans in exile to be thoroughly relevant. It can also not be denied that resistance to China is today growing among the Tibetans and that it primarily makes use of religious arguments. Like everywhere in the world, there has also been a religious renaissance on “roof of the world” since the mid-eighties. We see a problem in this Lamaist revival, not in the Tibetan democracy movement. What is peculiar and confusing about the political situation is, however, that the clerical revival itself very successfully pretends to be the democracy movement, and manipulates the awareness of both the Tibetans and the West with this deception."
Highly recommended, a solid and indept study on Tibet
anno: wow! that's a great book! i can't stop reading after i started the first few lines... thx for the recommendation...
I am doing some research about ready- packaged herbal soup sold in BC and Ontario. Was wondering if you could help up? I need to know what are the few prominent brands in this category over there? Thanks =)
p/s: well, you dont have the obligation of course. But i seriously need help. Great blog by the way, very compact with information.
dear Sussana, overseas chinese finally stood up starting from San Francisco Torch relay. we can hear our voices from Ottawa to Sydney, from south america to africa! but still, those western media do not give up any chance to bash China and Chinese.
What do think CBC's attitude broasting pro-china rally in Ottawa? do you know some media guys working in those western media, such as Vancouversun, CBC, CTV? are they changing their bias?
hi wenkai: the only mainstream media (MSM) that has shown improvement is CTV. they have become more balanced on this issue.
for instance, when reporting the SF torch run, CTV alloted equal time for both pro-tibet and pro-china demonstrators, something that i didn't see in other MSM.
the vancouver sun? they put the violent rally in france on its front page but i couldn't find a word about the pro-china rally in ottawa.
however, neither globe and mail, nor the toronto star cover a word of the ottawa rally.
check these out:
Ming Pao
CIV
I came across this article about Tibet published on the India's National Magazine Frontline years ago. As we all know that India has been a jealous and not-so-friendly competitor to China for a long time, the two countries were at war once, so I wasnt expecting something favorable out of it. However, to my surprise, the article runs a reality check on the political provocations of DaLai Lama, such as chinese colonization or Hanisation in Tibet, population, and the Great Tibet etc., and result of this checking indicates that his holiness is a big liar.
Here it is http://www.flonnet.com/fl1718/17180040.htm
我查了NANCY PELOSI的选区，居然包括三藩的CHINA TOWN!为什么一个长期反华的分子可以在唐人街的选区胜出？你们《明报》在三藩也有出版，难道没有人质疑吗？你能否通过他们出来呼吁华人参选？华人为什么在西方社会受歧视，说到底是不愿意站出来投票和竞选！！你们《明报》能够站出来呼吁华人参加竞选吗？我已经看见了有三藩的华人出来说要把票投给一位反战母亲，要把Nancy Pelosi选掉。但是，我们华人自己出来选不更好吗？《明报》要像犹太人的报纸学习啊！要为华人出声啊！
wenkai：據我了解，現在美加的華人參政的意欲已經強了許多。這個特別要謝謝大陸來的同胞，以前香港移民對參與加國政府的興趣很低，但這幾年我已經看到越來越多華人在各個層次參與政治，包括參選及參加選舉協會等等。這是一個好現象。其實作為媒體，我們已經在推動華人參政上有所推動；透過報道更多關於華人參政的新聞，透過在選舉期間大幅度關於選舉的報道，都可以鼓勵更多華人參與。您有好的提議，請隨時電郵我（因為我不希望我的對頭看到您的好主意，哈哈哈哈）
Hi SN. Long time no see. I know nothing abt politics, but your site and name always show up when I google for any vancouver-chinese-related topic. (e.g. I was searching for chinese art association today.) Congrats to u for having your long-term dream materialized, esp it makes use of the latest trend in media - the internet!
P.S. the design of your logo v creative :)
thank you zita :)
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