Comments on: Guess who hated Obama’s inaugural address more than American Reaganists

By: Sam

Sam — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 02:22:25 +0000

C’mon guys, what about Chris Hawkes? Give the man a Pulitzer!

By: BeijingMike

BeijingMike — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:04:50 +0000

When I was working in Shanghai a few years back, a colleague, also a party member, mentioned that the in-joke among party members was that there was only one thing in the People’s Daily that you could believe: the date!

By: Ick

Ick — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:51:45 +0000

I recall a poster here once saying their wife worked on readership survey for the peoples daily, has anyone actualy seen any honest readership figures for this rag?

Some of the media concerned NGOs must have looked into it.

By: Big Pile O' Fragrant Roses

Big Pile O' Fragrant Roses — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:59:35 +0000

It exists solely because those in the propaganda department are so disconnected from the real world as to think that people actually swallow this shit. They published this, drank another cup of jasmine tea and thought to themselves: “I am such an amazing reporter. Once again I managed to bring the truth to these unlettered cunts who aren’t from China.”

The propaganda department is like that creepy uncle who wants to dance to Mr. Bombastic at every wedding. The only taking him seriously is he himself. And of course Bubba in prison after he gets convicted for sexual assault of a minor. The propaganda reps are just waiting for an ass pounding. Who will give it to them? Where’s our Chinese Bubba?!

By: Anthony Tao

Anthony Tao — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 14:54:02 +0000

The Metro section is pretty good. A lot of these Chinese-run English publications are just a vanity project though for a higher-up.

By: Ick

Ick — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:15:11 +0000

What exactly is the purpose of the English language Global Times? It seems to exist solely to give foriegn news agencies (and bloggers) an official translation of whatever the CCP wants to blather about on any particuar day.

-The quaility of the English is extremely (generally unreadably) poor so I can’t imagine it seriously exists as a language learning tool. Yet so jinoistic that I’ve never met any native speakers who read it other than for research or “only English thing to read in starbucks “purposes. Just seems like a gigantic waste of money to me.

By: RhZ

RhZ — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:12:04 +0000

GT likes to pretend it is pro-democracy, but its bullshit.

They are pro-democracy in theory, but only on the Party’s terms.

And if you can square that circle, you really should be in another line of work…

By: MAC

MAC — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 07:46:16 +0000

Global Times political editorials are almost always in Chinese first. That’s why they’re frustratingly vague and make little sense.

Oh, also, the Chinese headline is far more insulting, as you would expect:
奥巴马交4年白卷，而知中国有多难

Fuck you Hu Xijin. Obama didn’t change the world but after 8 years of Bush I think it’s fair to say he didn’t 交4年白卷.

By: Chackie Jan

Chackie Jan — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:45:18 +0000

Obviously the Global Times piece was written in Chinese first and then translated literally, hence the two sentence paragraphs.

I especially like this line:
“Meanwhile, enthusiasm for debate has also been aroused in China and democracy is developing rapidly.”

Riiiight.

” [...] if we want to develop healthily in the 21st century, the most important rule is that this country should be gradually become democratic. But Chinese society cannot exist in a state of disunity.”

So, basically democracy without different opinions then. Interesting. Democracy with Chinese characteristics?

By: Jonathan Alpart

Jonathan Alpart — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 03:06:13 +0000

Not sure what you are so angry about, because I read that excerpt several times and I still don’t have a clue what it says.