Mao Keji | मुखर्जी
After years of misinformation and distorted interpretations, the Western media has trapped itself in a self-made dilemma when it comes to China. If it chooses to remain immersed in the bubble of falsehoods, it cannot possibly understand China in an objective way— let alone outcompete China. Yet if it chooses to face China with objectivity, it must acknowledge China's performance. Doing so, however, would amount to self-negation on both the factual and values levels. After all, being objective nowadays looks so much like being pro-China. Had the Western media maintained even a minimal degree of objectivity from the very beginning, it would never have fallen into this torturous trap.
Bruno Maçães
A lot of the problems in West-China relations are due to the Western media. For 20 years it told the public China was collapsing, an economic basket case, unable to innovate, living on exploiting workers. One morning it announced China could innovate after all and was going to …