Posted on 05/07/2020 3:15:30 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
BEIJING - The European Union ambassador to China said on Thursday it was “regrettable” that part of an opinion piece co-authored by 27 European ambassadors and published in the official China Daily had been removed before publication.
A comparison between the original op-ed uploaded onto the EU embassy website and the one published on Tuesday by the China Daily showed that in a sentence beginning, “But the outbreak of the coronavirus”, the words that followed - “in China, and its subsequent spread to the rest of the world over the past three months” - were removed.
“It is regrettable that part of the sentence about the spread of the virus has been edited,” EU Ambassador to China Nicolas Chapuis told reporters at a briefing.
The China Daily could not immediately be reached for comment.
The EU ambassadors had submitted the opinion piece to mark the 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the EU and China.
Chapuis refused to comment on why the words may have been taken out.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
surely not censorship in China Daily.
China has a huhge can of whoop ass coming their way. And they know it.
They want to be able to incite the yellow hoard to war with their false propaganda rather than tell them the truth.
Thats why they are using this formal crap language just like the Japanese did in Pre WWII language.
The TRUTH WILL BE TOLD to the Chinese people. And it will comne to them through the excellent undergound info network the Red Chinese Commies cannot control , via Hong Kpong.
The days of the Red Chinese Communist regime are numbered. The ashaoles have become a world threat and they need to go.
Ah, yes ... the old “better to beg forgiveness than to ask for permission” statement. The missing verbiage is already out there and most readers don’t know that it is missing. So they have already formed their opinions. Issuing a retraction on the penultimate page of a newspaper in 2-point font is worthless.
China needs to be shunned by the rest of humanity. No more trade, and deport their students, professors and businessmen back to China...and seal off the country from the outside world.
Butthurt EUSSRussians upset that China’s propaganda outlets aren’t open and fair.
Your first mistake wasn’t recognizing it as a source of Chi-Com propaganda.
“A community is low on a ‘Respect’ scale if common courtesy is withheld from large groups of people on account of their political attitudes.”
“...in a downright despotism opposition is dangerous whether the despotism is official or whether it is unofficial...”
“A community rates low on the ‘Information’ scale when the press, radio, and other channels of communication are controlled by only a few people and when citizens have to accept what they are told.”
“See how a community trains its teachers”
“...these students are being taught to accept uncritically whatever they are told. Questions are not encouraged.”
“And if books and newspapers and the radio [and facebook and youtube and...] are officially controlled the people will read and accept exactly what the few in control want them to. Government censorship is one form of control. The newspaper that breaks the government censorship rule can be suspended. It is also possible for newspapers and other lines of communication to be controlled by private interests...”
Democracy (Encyclopedia Britannica film, circa 1946)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx25aMPvbJo
“The newspapers of a real democracy meet these tests...”
Newspaper checks.
1. Balance of coverage
2. Disclosure of source
3. Competence of staff
Want to prevent more pandemics?
Quarantine China.
Good idea.
China is walking all over everyone.
Even Trump.
(Hehe)
America needs to act on trade.
ACT!!
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