Xinhua: the world’s biggest propaganda agency!
Peter Terpstra
On the eve of the 56th anniversary of the People’s Republic of China,
Reporters Without Borders releases a report of an investigation into the
role of the news agency Xinhua News Agency in the system of propaganda and
censorship put in place by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
With less than three years to go before the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, the
worldwide press freedom organisation calls on the Chinese government to
reform the state-run media.
Although it is more and more regularly cited as a credible source - nearly
one third of the news reports on China selected by Google News originate
from the agency - Xinhua, the head of which has the rank of minister, is the
linchpin of control of the Chinese media.
Successor to the agency, Red China that was founded by Mao Zedong, Xinhua
adopted its current name in January 1937. Since October 1949, this state-run
news agency has been completely subordinate to the CCP.
The Reporters Without Borders’ report includes accounts from several Xinhua
journalists who agreed, on condition of anonymity, to explain how the
control imposed by the CCP’s Propaganda Department operates on a daily
basis.
With the help of former French journalist on Xinhua, Reporters Without
Borders exposes the distortion of facts, hatred for its enemies
(particularly the United States and Japan) and its support, through the
treatment of international news, for the world’s worst regimes.
Despite a certain economic liberalisation of the media sector, Xinhua remains
the voice of the sole party. Hand-picked journalists, who are regularly
indoctrinated, produce reports for the Chinese media that give the official
point of view and others - classified “internal reference” for the country’s
leaders.
After being criticised for its lack of transparency, particularly during the
Sars epidemic, Xinhua has for last few months been putting out news reports
embarrassing to the government, but they are designed to fool the
international community, since they are not published in Chinese.
English report:
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Report_Xinhua_Eng.pdf
Chinese report:
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Rapport_xinhua_chinois.pdf
French reoprt:
http://www.rsf.org/IMG/pdf/Rapport_Xinhua_Fr-3.pdf
Source:
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15172
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Amnesty International Report 2009 on China:
http://report2009.amnesty.org/en/regions/asia-pacific/china
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Peter Terpstra
> Not as big as CNN?
That's what Chinese nationalists dream of.
They do not see that they are poisoned with CCP propaganda.
Kind Regards,
Peter
Peter Terpstra
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> I thought you were?
But now you now better! :-)
If you want to know something you can read the article instead of going blind
on the topic, its has good quality.
Kind Regards,
Peter