Sep 15
minipost-(Letter) The Chinese essay BBC was dared to publish (contrasting argumentation styles)
Written by: Joel | Filed under:-mini-posts, culture, media | Tags:BBC, Chinese media, face, media bias, nationalism, patriotism, western media
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A Mr. Li sent this essay to the BBC and dared them to publish it. They did. Much thanks to EastSouthWestNorth for providing this English translation (See their post for additional translated reader comments.) Continue reading »
Aug 02
The value of public opinion does not depend on its correctness per se
Written by: DJ | Filed under:Analysis | Tags:Chinese media, democracy, public opinion
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Note: This post is a translation of an article written by Deng Wangjing 邓王景 and published on China Youth Online 中青在线 on July 31, 2008. It is a response to an essay “public opinion is not always correct” written by Chen Jibing 陈季冰 on the same site two days earlier. In turn, Chen’s essay, which is already translated by ESWN, seems to be a response to some even earlier articles. Some examples are:
- 民意被过滤比民意非理性更可怕 The filtering of public opinion is scarier than irrational public opinions
- 民意考核官员，怎么考 Use public opinion to evaluate job performances of government officials, how?
- 网络民调不能代替现实征询民意 Internet based public opinion survey is no substitute for in person inquires
Hopefully, such translations would give readers a stronger sense of (often quite lively and sometimes idealistic) discussions of politics, democracy, etc. in the Chinese media.
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