http://antonyloewenstein.com/2008/08/06/engaging-not-hectoring-china/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:39:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://antonyloewenstein.com/2008/08/06/engaging-not-hectoring-china/comment-page-1/#comment-445606 LiteraryMinded Thu, 07 Aug 2008 10:32:54 +0000 http://antonyloewenstein.com/?p=5743#comment-445606 Thanks for posting this article Antony. I caught George Negus on TV last night interviewing some Gen Y Chinese. It was interesting and complex. He didn't seem to track down any that weren't against the West, or at least the Western media. I felt like yelling out to these people who are my age, saying 'we're not all like that' (westerners). But then Negus seemed only to be interviewing one particular type of Gen Y Chinese when I'm sure there are many of different opinion, and many apathetic, as you discover in your book. It's a little worrying that China seems to feel sore about not being seen as a respectable superpower by the West. There certainly seems to be a rising nationalism (but then some of their comments on how news stations like CNN and Fox doctor news are valid). Overall it's a complex issue and it would be great if their internet was opened up just so younger Chinese generations weren't experiencing the world through a political pinhole. LM Thanks for posting this article Antony. I caught George Negus on TV last night interviewing some Gen Y Chinese. It was interesting and complex. He didn't seem to track down any that weren't against the West, or at least the Western media. I felt like yelling out to these people who are my age, saying 'we're not all like that' (westerners). But then Negus seemed only to be interviewing one particular type of Gen Y Chinese when I'm sure there are many of different opinion, and many apathetic, as you discover in your book.
It's a little worrying that China seems to feel sore about not being seen as a respectable superpower by the West. There certainly seems to be a rising nationalism (but then some of their comments on how news stations like CNN and Fox doctor news are valid).
Overall it's a complex issue and it would be great if their internet was opened up just so younger Chinese generations weren't experiencing the world through a political pinhole.
LM

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