http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/09/05/somethings-changed-if-you-look-hard-enough/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:01:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/09/05/somethings-changed-if-you-look-hard-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5668 Chris O'Brien Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:16:22 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/09/05/somethings-changed-if-you-look-hard-enough/#comment-5668 Feel free to suggest a Xinhua internship to that student, Mitchell - always like a challenge! Feel free to suggest a Xinhua internship to that student, Mitchell - always like a challenge!

]]> http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/09/05/somethings-changed-if-you-look-hard-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5632 Mitchell Hough Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:48:07 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/09/05/somethings-changed-if-you-look-hard-enough/#comment-5632 As one student suggested to me when I was forced to ask for topics that would be unacceptable for discussions in class: things which are not glorious to China. I suspect that it's going to be a quiet semester. I recall a US senator a few years back complaining about all the negative coverage surrounding an oil tanker spill. Where, he asked, was the reporting about all the oil that didn't foul the beaches? His comments and other developments convince me that the US is becoming more and more like China. but I digress... As one student suggested to me when I was forced to ask for topics that would be unacceptable for discussions in class: things which are not glorious to China. I suspect that it’s going to be a quiet semester.
I recall a US senator a few years back complaining about all the negative coverage surrounding an oil tanker spill. Where, he asked, was the reporting about all the oil that didn’t foul the beaches? His comments and other developments convince me that the US is becoming more and more like China. but I digress…

]]> http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/09/05/somethings-changed-if-you-look-hard-enough/comment-page-1/#comment-5327 The Lazy Aussie Thu, 06 Sep 2007 09:42:24 +0000 http://www.beijingnewspeak.com/2007/09/05/somethings-changed-if-you-look-hard-enough/#comment-5327 Miners Trapped, Bus plunges off road into swollen river. That's most of your year's headlines written for China stories that surface in the Western media. Miners Trapped, Bus plunges off road into swollen river. That’s most of your year’s headlines written for China stories that surface in the Western media.

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