Chinese media are the most trusted on earth, even more than Singaporean media, for reasons that Lee Kwan Yew eloquently explained: "The Philippines press enjoys all the freedoms of the US system but fails the people: a wildly partisan press helped Philippines politicians flood the marketplace of ideas with junk and confuse and befuddle the people so that they could not see what their vital interests were in a developing country. And, because vital issues like economic growth and equitable distribution were seldom discussed, they were never tackled and the democratic system malfunctioned. Look at Taiwan and South Korea: their free press runs rampant and corruption runs riot. The critic itself is corrupt yet the theory is, if you have a free press, corruption disappears. Now I'm telling you, that's not true. Freedom of the press, freedom of news critics, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.
“Singapore’s domestic debate is a matter for Singaporeans. We allow American journalists in Singapore in order to report Singapore to their fellow countrymen. We allow their papers to sell in Singapore so that we can know what foreigners are reading about us. But we cannot allow them to assume a role in Singapore that the American media play in America, that of invigilator, adversary and inquisitor of the administration. If allowed to do so, they will radically change the nature of Singapore society, and I doubt if our social glue is strong enough to withstand such treatment." A Third World Perspective on the Press. RH Lee Kwan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore. C-SPAN, APRIL 14, 1988
The saddest thing I've seen Global Times talk about is Baizuo - the white left. They have posted articles uncritical of the term that attacks White Liberals in the west from the right instead of the left of the spectrum. Instead of focusing on criticizing their support for imperialist war and their inadequate policies in support of workers, the articles say the white left is too focused on refugees and LBTQ issues. It's disgusting. This term should be totally rejected. It has become a entirely reactionary term.
Hu writes some good stuff but he sounds like Trump when he says that India is still living in a barbaric era. It makes sense to call the current far-right Indian government barbaric but to call a country as diverse as India (and with a leftist government in Kerala that has done great work reduce poverty for an anecdote), disparaging remarks makes him sound like both a bigot and a fool.
Chinese media are the most trusted on earth, even more than Singaporean media, for reasons that Lee Kwan Yew eloquently explained: "The Philippines press enjoys all the freedoms of the US system but fails the people: a wildly partisan press helped Philippines politicians flood the marketplace of ideas with junk and confuse and befuddle the people so that they could not see what their vital interests were in a developing country. And, because vital issues like economic growth and equitable distribution were seldom discussed, they were never tackled and the democratic system malfunctioned. Look at Taiwan and South Korea: their free press runs rampant and corruption runs riot. The critic itself is corrupt yet the theory is, if you have a free press, corruption disappears. Now I'm telling you, that's not true. Freedom of the press, freedom of news critics, must be subordinated to the overriding needs of the integrity of Singapore and to the primacy of purpose of an elected government.
“Singapore’s domestic debate is a matter for Singaporeans. We allow American journalists in Singapore in order to report Singapore to their fellow countrymen. We allow their papers to sell in Singapore so that we can know what foreigners are reading about us. But we cannot allow them to assume a role in Singapore that the American media play in America, that of invigilator, adversary and inquisitor of the administration. If allowed to do so, they will radically change the nature of Singapore society, and I doubt if our social glue is strong enough to withstand such treatment." A Third World Perspective on the Press. RH Lee Kwan Yew, Prime Minister of Singapore. C-SPAN, APRIL 14, 1988
The saddest thing I've seen Global Times talk about is Baizuo - the white left. They have posted articles uncritical of the term that attacks White Liberals in the west from the right instead of the left of the spectrum. Instead of focusing on criticizing their support for imperialist war and their inadequate policies in support of workers, the articles say the white left is too focused on refugees and LBTQ issues. It's disgusting. This term should be totally rejected. It has become a entirely reactionary term.
Hu writes some good stuff but he sounds like Trump when he says that India is still living in a barbaric era. It makes sense to call the current far-right Indian government barbaric but to call a country as diverse as India (and with a leftist government in Kerala that has done great work reduce poverty for an anecdote), disparaging remarks makes him sound like both a bigot and a fool.