On 4=D4=C222=C8=D5, =C9=CF=CE=E711=CA=B129=B7=D6, Micky Wong
<micky...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Jack Cafferty's Statement Clarified : "Chinese Government are basically
> the same bunch of goons and thugs they have always been over the past 50
> years."
Were these the exact words used by Jack? 'Chinese government' should
have been a singular entity. Is it?
>
> -- Micky's humble opinion: I applaud for such candid and honestly
> accurate *****sment. --
>
> CNN Apology: a Chinese Communist Party Scandal
>
> By Ren Baiming
>
> Apr 21, 2008
>
> >From CCN.com/Asia
>
> The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has a long history of intentionally
> mixing up concepts of the Party, country, government and people, so as
> to incite Chinese people's "patriotic sentiment" to instigate or divert
> a crisis when necessary. Instead of introducing a theory about why this
> is, I would just like to provide some facts to serve as practical
> examples for your reference.
>
> CNN recently made an apology to the CCP over its recent comments on the
> Beijing Olympic torch relay. If one examines it more closely, it should
> be obvious that it was all a farce.
>
> On April 17, 2008, the CCP-controlled Xinhua News Agency ran an article
> headlined "China Continues to Urge CNN to Offer Sincere Apology over
> Malicious Attacks on Chinese People," in which Foreign Ministry
> spokeswoman Jiang Yu said, " We demand CNN and Cafferty himself take
> back his vile remarks and apologize to all the Chinese people."
>
> This all goes back to the afternoon of April 9, when CNN broadcasted a
> live re****t on the Beijing Olympic torch relay in San Francisco.
> According to the Xinhua News Agency, when CNN host Jack Cafferty was
> making a comment about Sino-American relation****ps, he said, "I think
> they (the Chinese authorities) are basically the same bunch of goons and
> thugs they have always been over the past 50 years."
>
> Soon after, the Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned Cafferty's actions
> and summoned CNN's Beijing executives to review Cafferty's vile remarks.
> CNN immediately became the target of condemnations by people across
> China. From some of the Xinhua website article titles alone, one can
> tell that the matter is indeed very serious.
>
> Such titles include: "CNN Host Refers to Chinese as 'Goons'"; "CNN
> Incites Racial Discrimination, Shame to Refer to Itself as Human Rights
> Defender"; "Who is Trash: Chinese Products or CNN Hosts?"; "Does CNN
> Host Insult Chinese Due to Ignorance or Shamelessness?"; "CNN Host's
> Insults Reveal Racism."; "The Voices of Justice Around the World Should
> Condemn Cafferty's Nazi-like Remarks" and "CNN Host Insults Chinese,
> Shame on the U.S. Media."
>
> CNN issued a statement saying, "it was not Mr. Cafferty's nor CNN's
> intent to cause offense to the Chinese people, and [CNN] would apologize
> who has interpreted the comments this way."
>
> In the statement issued Tuesday, CNN said Cafferty was offering his
> "strongly held" opinion of the Chinese government, not China's people,
> adding that he clarified the point Monday.
>
> CNN issued a statement on April 15, saying Cafferty was sharing his
> strong opinion of the Chinese Government, not China's people. It also
> said, "It should be noted that over many years, Jack Cafferty has
> expressed critical comments on many governments, including the U.S.
> government and its leaders." In its statement, CNN added: "CNN would
> like to clarify that it was not Mr. Cafferty's, nor CNN's, intent to
> cause offense to the Chinese people, and would apologize to anyone who
> has interpreted the comments in this way.
>
> Given that, we have got a clear picture the incident. It's similar to a
> scene like this: Jack said something about Tome, and Tom, bringing Peter
> with him, questioned Jack for the "maliciously attack." Jack then
> explained to Peter that the comments are only about Tome, not Peter. So
> what do you think Tom would say? You'd think he would say, "So you were
> talking about me! Then you should apologize to me!"
>
> But in the actual incident, the CCP, who's playing Tom, have been acting
> weird -- it behaves more like Peter: "Okay, so you were talking about
me.
> I'm so forgiving and I'm not asking for an apology. However, you have to
> apologize to Peter again. Don't say it's about me any more, because if
> you say so Peter will stop being angry. Why don't you just say you
> attacked Peter so you guys can settle it up and leave me out of this."
>
> Of course, the CCP has its official routine interpretations. Jiang Yu
> said, in reference to CNN's April 15 statement, "CNN turned its attack
> on the Chinese government to try to sow division between the Chinese
> government and the people." Therefore, "It's totally unacceptable." She
> intensified her remarks and argued that "CNN's statement not only
> insulted the Chinese people, but also defied the conscience and justice
> of humankind."
> April 17 article from the Xinhua News Agency website
> April 17 article from the Xinhua News Agency website
>
> Jiang's logic was truly hard to follow. No matter what Jiang said, she
> avoided recognizing that the defamation was targeted at the CCP. Near
> the end of her statement, Jiang reiterated that the Chinese people would
> not tolerate humiliation and demanded CNN deliver a sincere apology to
> the Chinese people.
>
> The Foreign Affairs Ministry knew full well that media had been
> "defaming" and "challenging" the CCP. However, the Ministry failed to
> defend the regime which it represents and demonstrated no courage to ask
> CNN for a direct apology to the CCP. Instead, the Ministry's reaction
> has been confusing and incoherent--it reiterated that CNN should
> apologize to the Chinese people, an innocent bystander in all of this.
> Why is it so strange?
>
> The reason is clear. In fact, the CCP has always tried to incite
> national sentiment among its people. Its hope is that any condemnation
> of the CCP may be converted into derogatory racial slurs against the
> Chinese people. The CCP likes to hide backstage. If it's exposed on
> stage, it wouldn't be possible to instigate patriotism among the Chinese
> people.
>
> This time, the "CCP" and the "Chinese people" were accidentally
> differentiated by CNN, leaving the regime in an extremely awkward
> situation. In order to utilize the Chinese people as the scapegoat for
> its evils, however, the CCP couldn't do anything other than play the
> fool so as to spare itself. This is exactly one of the ways the Chinese
> people have been exploited by the CCP over the past fifty years.
>
> Anyhow, it is certain that the CCP mishandled this case. It has been
> searching for ways to get itself out of this dilemma. There have been
> articles, accusing Cafferty of adopting a preemptive and boorish style
> of hosting TV programs. "He is always deliberately criticizing to arouse
> disputes so as to secure viewer ratings."
>
> While the CCP continues attempting to fool the Chinese people, the best
> way for them to safeguard their self-respect and dignity, and to
> demonstrate true patriotism is to quit all of the organizations
> associated with the Chinese Communist Party.
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