中国人说“一出国，就爱国”，这是真的吗？ [美国媒体]

Is it true that many anti-China Chinese became pro-China after having learnt how Western media are biased against China?

中国人说“一出国，就爱国”，这是真的吗？




1.    Rod L'Huillier, Lived and studied in China for 6 years
Answered Oct 30, 2016
And if pro-CHINA people read the Global Times,what would they become?Western media is critique based, it’s never reallypro-anything.Try moving your focus off China and onto another topic to whichyou don’t have an emotional attachment, then you will discover somethinginteresting. You will gain a more insightful view of how western mediafunctions. Try it. We all must be careful not to be trapped into by cognitivebiases, where we create holistic views based on isolated inspection and narrowunderstanding.For example, follow Australian media and the news cycle about thePrime Minister of Australia, he is lambasted daily, everything he does is castas wrong, everything his government does is criticized and questioned. If hesteps in front of the media he is interrogated with tough questions, hispersonal life, character and actions are continuously under scrutiny. This isnormal.

这种情况并非仅仅发生在中国人身上，如果一个亲中的人士看到了环球时报，那么他会不会改变对中国的看法呢？西方的媒体就是喜欢挑刺，他们的媒体环境就是这样，谈不上特别亲某一个东西。试着将你的注意力从中国这个话题转移到另外一个与你不相关的话题上，然后你会发现一些很有趣的东西。你将能够发现西方媒体的运作模式，你对这种运作模式会有更深刻的理解，你不妨试一下。我们对待很多事情必须要非常认真仔细，防止被一些偏见所误导。比如澳大利亚的媒体经常批评他们的总理，有关于他们总理的各项事务都被关注，这是很正常的事情。

China has a very different media cultureand style.Chinese people really love their country, unity is a part of theirculture, and it feels hurtful to them when they read negative commentary.Theynever grew up with a media that was independent, run by private enterprise forthe purpose of profit, and critique based, within a society that has a culturewhich asks questions and rejects authority.

中国在媒体文化和风格上与西方截然不同，中国人真的热爱他们的国家，团结是他们文化的一部分。当他们读到负面评论的时候，他们会感觉到很受伤。他们没有成长在一个拥有独立的媒体，这些媒体由私人经营，舆论非常多元化的这样的环境里。这些私人媒体一切都是为了利润，所以他们的言辞通常都会很激烈。而且西方有一种喜欢提出问题以及他们喜欢拒绝权威的这样一种文化。

Their upbringing is different, so, whenthey suddenly start to look at western media commentary in isolation, they feeldissafected towards western media, rather than appreciating the local mediaculture and western culture as a whole.Am I saying that Chinese media is bad,no, it’s different, perhaps it had a reason to be different. We should learnabout that. So there are two parts as always, Chinese people would benefit froma more holistic view of western media and it’s culture, and western culture interms of it’s relationship with media. Western media organisations wouldbenefit by understanding and being mindful of Chinese culture, their values andupbringing, and to not play on stereotypes.

不同国家的人，他们的成长经历是不同的。所以当他们突然看到西方媒体批评的时候，他们会感觉到很不舒服，这主要是因为他们还不太适应这样的一种媒体环境，还不能做到去欣赏当地的媒体风格以及整个西方的文化。我并不是说你中国的媒体文化不好，我只是说中国的媒体环境和西方的媒体环境不同，当然，任何不同都是有一定社会文化环境的，我们应该要了解这一点。所以这涉及到两个方面的问题，中国民众应该能够以一个更加整体的观点来看待西方的媒体和她的文化，西方的民众也应该以这样的态度来看待中国。理解和关注中国的文化，了解中国人的价值观和他们的成长环境，尽量不要带有先入为主的偏见，这样做对西方媒体是有利的。

2.    Stephen Thompson, Lived in China for 10 years
Answered Jan 9, 2017
I think that it is a myth spread by the CHINApropaganda department that western media is somehow biased against China. Thefact that many young Chinese people believe this shows how successful is thepropaganda of the CHINA. It also shows how powerful is the censorship system,which prevents Chinese from knowing about the huge crimes of the CHINA. IfChinese people were able to read the truth then they would think that westernmedia was not biased enough against CHINA. I think that the most anti-CHINAmedia are the uncensored overseas Chinese media. I think that on the wholewestern media are somewhat pro China.

我觉得这可能与宣传有关，很多中国媒体都认为西方媒体在某种程度上对中国存在偏见。很多中国的年轻一代对此都深信不疑，这表明中国的很多宣传还是很成功的。如果中国的民众能够更多的接触西方媒体的话，他们将会发现西方媒体并不是完全反对中国。其实我倒是认为，最反华的媒体其实是那些未经审查的海外中国人办的那些媒体，我倒是认为从总体上看，西方媒体大致上还是支持中国的。

Of course they do report a lot of negativestories which would be censored in mainland China. If they can't corroborate astory they won't publish it, and some of the most shocking stories are onlyavailable in the Chinese media. Many negative stories just never come to thelight, specially if they happen in remote areas. China is just too big to coverand often western media have no choice but to repeat Chinese officialstatements on events, even though they know that Chinese government often liesand falsiflies statistics. Many are also impressed with China's economic growthand they don't understand that things could be much better if the CHINA was notin control.

当然，西方媒体确实会对中国有一些负面新闻报道。西方的很多有关中国的内容，其实很多都是来自于中国的一些媒体报道。事实上如果有一些地方太过于偏远的话，那么这些地方的新闻几乎都不会见诸于媒体。中国实在是太大，对中国的报道无法面面俱到。所以在很多重大问题上面，西方媒体不过是引述中国官方的媒体宣传内容而已。很多人对中国经济的增长印象深刻，他们无法想象这样的一个国家，如果没有受到很好的控制的话，将要如何才能发展？

3.    Paul Denlinger, Have lived in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong; fluent inMandarin (written, spoken)
Answered Oct 30, 2016
If an American citizen thinks that both theRepublicans and Democrats are lying scoundrels, does that make himanti-American?I don’t think so.If a Chinese recognizes that the ChineseCommunist Party has a mixed record, and has done good things and bad things,does that make him anti-Chinese? I don’t think so.The western media writes fora western audience, which usually does not know much about China. They havebusiness, cultural and political interests which are based in the west, andnaturally do NOT support Chinese interests. This is because as China grows morepowerful, and as Chinese become wealthier, Chinese interests are very naturallygoing to rub against western interests. Don’t be fooled into thinking this isabout morality, justice and values; it is about competing interests.Why shouldanyone be surprised about that?

如果一个美国公民认为共和党和民主党都是骗子，那这算是反美吗？我并不这么认为。如果一个中国人觉得中国有优点也有缺点，而且正在积极快速的发展，那这算是反华分子吗？我并不这么认为，西方媒体所写的东西是为西方的读者服务的，他们很多时候对中国了解得并不多。他们的生意，文化和政治利益都在西方，自然他们不会对中国的利益有太多的兴趣。与之相反，现在中国正变得越来越强大，随着中国人变得越来越富裕，中国的利益和西方的利益有了更多的冲突。这些事情与道德正义和价值观没有关系，这主要是因为利益的冲突，这有什么好奇怪的呢？

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