tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207720445226087054.post1539120682468257354..comments2023-07-26T07:27:03.662-07:00Comments on Carpe Diem: Is the Western media biased against China because it is a rising global power?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207720445226087054.post-31495260485892500072009-09-20T09:43:34.636-07:002009-09-20T09:43:34.636-07:00The sudden implementation of the Glasnost policy h...The sudden implementation of the Glasnost policy has nothing to do with the country's lack of freedom now. He allowed voices to be heard, open churches ,free the dissidents and ultimately ended communism. It also made it possible for the media to depict problems in soviet life and society such as crime,prostitution, economic problems,environmental degradation, and homelessness. If you think that this is bad, then you obviously believe that hiding such important societal-problems away from the public is a great thing. Even if the issues faced by the soviet society are being kept away from public sight, it is inevitable that they would find out about them eventually especially with the rise of the internet. And the activists & nationalists within the country would still fight against the state and for their independences, regardless of the 'mao-like' military clampdown that would happened as a result.<br /><br />Freedom of expression & information aren't the only issues here. China is also responsible for other human rights abuse which i will highlight later on. Amnesty's standards on human rights should be ,mostly if not all, adopted by any countries that are morally right. What has china done wrong? Putting people to death for drug trafficking,tax fraud,bribery & embezzlement is just fucked up/wrong. In total there are 68 crimes AND a lot of them include non-violent crimes. Whatever happen to 'an eye for an eye' ?<br /><br />The west is more concern for the well-being of human beings than they are to being anti-china. I'm sure the conscience-driven Chinese within china share similar opinions towards the chinese government.hamzahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5207720445226087054.post-48892316748106336812008-08-10T19:12:00.000-07:002008-08-10T19:12:00.000-07:00Interesting reads! I hv finally found a blog to su...Interesting reads! I hv finally found a blog to supplement my diet of world affairs news! Perhaps better than the ST coverage? *grin* Any chance you will be doing Op-Eds in your blog? cheers!tumduckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00739020590460319374noreply@blogger.com