Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Chinese politics

I just had a Chinese student come by to consultations and start a political argument.
He asserted, as do most who take this point of view, that the western media are biased. As evidence of this, he cited the fact that all the western media were in support the Iraq war! I mean, what media is this guy talking about? What rock has he been living under? The only media outfit supporting the war was Fox news, but I think that they hardly qualify as reputable.

Then he said, wait for it: "just because we don't have elections doesn't mean that we're not a democracy". Then I just asked him to leave.

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