Global Times editor-in-chief Hu Xijin made his first trip to India recently, and apparently he was so impressed with what he saw that he granted a rare media interview. Pramit Pal Chaudhuri of the Hindustan Times, the lucky interviewer, called GT a “voice of ultranationalism” in the resulting article, and revealed that contrary to misconception, Global Times doesn’t merely regurgitate government propaganda; rather, say staffers, the paper writes based on its “market.”
Global Times editorials and often its oped pieces are among the most critical of the Indian government and, arguably, even more critical of countries like Japan and Vietnam when the newspaper comments on foreign policy issues. In India, this has caused much excitement since it is assumed that a state-owned newspaper must be reflecting the opinion of the Chinese Communist Party and Chinese government.
Global Times staffers argue otherwise. They take a tough stance in part because that is their market nice — many of whom are from the security forces or young urbanites with a strong sense of nationalism.
In other words, they still don’t believe half the stuff they say, but publish because they think their readers believe it. So there you go, confirmation that the Chinese people don’t like India. Doesn’t that make you feel better, Hindustan Times readers?
Also, we learn from the mouth of Hu himself:
“I have been told this [that Global Times resembles Fox News]. But I had never heard of Fox News until I was asked this.”
It’s good to know that Hu isn’t consciously modeling GT’s editorials off the worst of pundit journalism. The man marches to his own tune — an off-key, jangling refrain on a rusty bugle.
And:
“The party put me in this job and they can take me away,” he notes. “Over the years, party control is getting weaker.”
Watch out, world. Hu Xijin is breaking his shackles, soon to publish what his heart really desires: retrocomputing, the women of English football, kitty porn.
Hu was treated kindly by the people he met in India.
“I had expected much hostility towards China because of the articles we carry describing the arguments between the two countries. But people are quite friendly here.
He did not meet TAR Nation. UPDATE, 4:18 pm: Says TAR: “This article is a lie, Hu Xijin dines only on Japanese children.”
Breakfast With Global Times (Hindustan Times)
Oh, Uncle Hu, you do make us laugh…
Never heard of Fox News…what an ignorant dumbfuck
嗯，你妈的脑子也不比胡锡进号多少
im hurt
Come on you two, kiss and make up like the butt buddies you are.
Let me get this straight, Global Times regurgitates the stories given them by the ruling powers in Beijing, so this makes them the Fox News of China? But Fox News attempts to discredit the Obama administration’s talking points, it’s the NY Times and Washington Post which carry the water for Obama: evil corporations, greedy rich, climate change, and Fox News are the usual suspects in their “news”. The reality is that the liberal half of this country is sooo indoctrinated, the propagandist outlets for Obama only have to attach one of their dog whistle terms to a concept, and their supplicants lap it up. Terms like “corporation”, “climate change”, and “Fox News” queue the liberal droids how to receive the news; positively or negatively. Thank the liberal media for America’s decline from reason into simple brainwashed victimhood.
Ah yes, instead of having a debate lets just, instead, have name calling.
“Corporate hack!”
“Liberal”
“Greedy!”
“Commie!”
And, of course, the whole conspiracy of “liberals” and “conservatives” in bed with *insert non-related agency here* to force people into “brainwashed victimhood”
LIBERALS ARE THE SAME AS CONSERVATIVES, MAN, THEY’RE ALL LIZARD PEOPLE BENT ON ENSLAVING THE HUMAN RACE IN THEIR SUBTERRANEAN LAIRS!
Let’s keep in mind that this is the guy who often tells us how bad life is in the US, how dangerous it is, how unfair the society is, and so on. Looks like an expert on the US now, doesn’t he?
I remember when CGC got to the US Hu said something like, oh, in the US it is easy for a person to be controlled. After they had illegally held him in his house for nearly two years…
PS I miss TAR
Looks like a retarded peasant