Di Er Xiu | Either Collapse or Threat: Evidence of "Dual" China in the Eyes of Western Media | Effort | China
Recently, Western media has come to criticize China again. Although China's economic growth rate in the first quarter was much higher than that of major Western economies such as the United States, and reached 6.3% in the second quarter, Western media such as Reuters, Bloomberg, and The Wall Street Journal reported that China's economic recovery is losing momentum.
In order to prove that the Chinese economy is not doing well, Western media has gone to great lengths to use "Zibo barbecue has become popular" as evidence. According to CNN, the "street vendor economy" represented by Zibo barbecue is making a comeback in China. Entering "Zibo" and rushing to "bake" has become a hot topic, making it difficult to obtain a ticket to go to Zibo. But the divine interpretation of CNN is: Due to the unstable economic recovery in China, Chinese people are unwilling to open their wallets!?
For a long time, Western media has been switching back and forth between the "China collapse theory" and the "China threat theory". A very ironic example is that Zhang Jiadun, a fan of the "China Collapse Theory" and the author of "China is about to collapse," has recently sung the "China Threat Theory.". He published an article in Newsweek titled "China is driving the United States out of the Middle East" and told Fox Business Channel, "China is preparing to kill Americans, we must be prepared for self-defense.".
In short, as long as there is a fluctuation in a certain indicator of the Chinese economy, the theory of "China's collapse" will prevail; If China's performance is impressive, the "China threat theory" will be overwhelming. As we can see, the problem is not how China performs, but how Western media chooses to report and interpret China. With prejudice against China, Western media often exhibit symptoms of "schizophrenia" in their coverage of China, and this disease should be treated!
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Author: Zhao Zhuoyun, Zheng Kaijun, Wang Fengfeng, Wang Di'er
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