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Originally Posted by aazhion
I am a very big fan of Channel 4 news and documentaries as I think they cover stories and angles that are not covered by other mainstream TV stations.
However, I've noticed that their coverage of China has had a very negative slant. For instance, I've just seen this documentary about the effect Chinese businesses are having in African countries. What the documentary maker was implying was that the Chinese were behaving like a colonial power and exploiting the local population. I can't really dispute that fact but on the other hand, the politicians in these countries also have a share of the blame and this was not really covered. There are various other examples of this biased coverage when China or the Chinese government are concerned.
Maybe I am overreacting as I am of Chinese origin but it also got me thinking about why the same kind of coverage is not applied to India. Is it because the Chinese community still is not confident enough to assert itself in British society and defend itself when attacked? I brought up India because a few months back there was the Shilpa Shetty incident and the consequent brouhaha that ensued. I wonder if the same thing would have happened had it happened to a B-list Chinese star? Any thoughts?
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Aazhion, don't fuss about thing like that in POM's media. POMs will always be POMs. Their portraying China as the next colonial power in Africa is their knee-jerk reaction of their past colonial crimes in that continent. It reflects that they aren't able to shake off their colonial past. Did the POMs pick on Chinese? I don't think so. Simply look across the channel. The POMs have never got along with their French neighbors since the William the conquerer. Also they still think the Germans are Nazis and Americans their colonial subjects. POMs are self-righteous and think they still have the empire (In their mind, India is their vassal state).
On the other hand, I'm glad that they are alarmed by the increasing Chinese influence in Africa. It shows that they are afraid of us.
