Bem, para quem tem acesso apenas às notícias via imprensa ocidental, aqui vai um artigo de opinião publicado no China Daily. Vale sempre a pena ler as duas partes da história. Confesso que não tenho argumentos para algumas das coisas aqui publicadas.
By Sava Hassan (China Daily)
"As long as I can remember, the Western universe has been using double standards to evaluate historical or day-to-day events. One could argue that I am being harsh and may be biased against the West. For certain, that would be a wrong assumption. To prove my point of view, one has to refer to the recording of historical events of the last few decades.
If a struggle occurred in any country to gain its freedom, such as the events that are taking place in the West Bank, the West calls it terrorism while it becomes heroism if it happens in the Western world.
If a country uses force to protect its people, the West would categorize it as oppression and a violation of human rights yet such actions become rational and an essential measure if it is done by any Western nation. "World urged to defend Tibet" is a headline from a Western media. Observing the coverage and reaction of the West to the events that are taking place in Tibet, one can clearly see the West in general is magnifying the negative aspects of those events.
However, looking back a few decades ago, one might discover that interventions by federal governments to deal with riots in parts of the Western world were common practices. Waco, the US and Montreal, Canada are perfect examples to illustrate my point of view. American forces intervened to end an incident in Waco, Texas while Canadian forces ended an attempt to separate Quebec from Canada.
Invading Iraq by the Allied forces that led to the destruction of its society and the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives will never be perceived by the Western world as an oppression and infringement of human rights.The West is forgetting a fundamental fact that Tibet is perceived by the world in general, and the Chinese in particular, as an integral part of China. Consequently, intervention by the Chinese government to protect the lives of Tibetans is an internal matter and should be left to the Chinese government to take the necessary measures to achieve a peaceful end to the riots in Tibet.
The devious hidden motives of the Western media became apparent when they were eager to link the events in Tibet to the 2008 Olympics. "Chinese may prevent broadcasting the Olympic events" - that was a headline in one of the Western media. How did they come to the conclusion that the Chinese government may prevent broadcasting the Olympic events? What do the events in Tibet have to do with the 2008 Olympics?
The Western media jumped on the announcement of Steven Spielberg to link the Olympics to the Darfur events. However, when they failed, they grabbed the latest events in Tibet to put a shadow of doubt over the 2008 Olympics."
If a struggle occurred in any country to gain its freedom, such as the events that are taking place in the West Bank, the West calls it terrorism while it becomes heroism if it happens in the Western world.
If a country uses force to protect its people, the West would categorize it as oppression and a violation of human rights yet such actions become rational and an essential measure if it is done by any Western nation. "World urged to defend Tibet" is a headline from a Western media. Observing the coverage and reaction of the West to the events that are taking place in Tibet, one can clearly see the West in general is magnifying the negative aspects of those events.
However, looking back a few decades ago, one might discover that interventions by federal governments to deal with riots in parts of the Western world were common practices. Waco, the US and Montreal, Canada are perfect examples to illustrate my point of view. American forces intervened to end an incident in Waco, Texas while Canadian forces ended an attempt to separate Quebec from Canada.
Invading Iraq by the Allied forces that led to the destruction of its society and the murder of hundreds of thousands of innocent lives will never be perceived by the Western world as an oppression and infringement of human rights.The West is forgetting a fundamental fact that Tibet is perceived by the world in general, and the Chinese in particular, as an integral part of China. Consequently, intervention by the Chinese government to protect the lives of Tibetans is an internal matter and should be left to the Chinese government to take the necessary measures to achieve a peaceful end to the riots in Tibet.
The devious hidden motives of the Western media became apparent when they were eager to link the events in Tibet to the 2008 Olympics. "Chinese may prevent broadcasting the Olympic events" - that was a headline in one of the Western media. How did they come to the conclusion that the Chinese government may prevent broadcasting the Olympic events? What do the events in Tibet have to do with the 2008 Olympics?
The Western media jumped on the announcement of Steven Spielberg to link the Olympics to the Darfur events. However, when they failed, they grabbed the latest events in Tibet to put a shadow of doubt over the 2008 Olympics."
The author is a Canadian Egyptian
Fonte: chinadaily
Fonte: chinadaily
A lie can be halfway around the world before the truth gets its boots on.
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