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There are some superb foreign journalists based in China these days,
including more than a few working for American news outlets, ranging from
NPR to various newspapers and magazines. They know the country well and
provide coverage of Chinese events that can help American readers avoid
falling into common traps, such as assuming that China is such an exotic
setting that nothing that occurs in Beijing could have a Washington parallel
, and mistaking a further step along a well traveled road for a striking new
direction in Chinese politics. These individuals are well positioned to
help Americans make sense of the current crisis that’s straining relations
between Beijing and Tokyo, which began when a Chinese fishing boat collided
with a Japanese vessel near islands both countries claim. Unfortunately, the
most talked about American report filed from Beijing last week wasn’t by
one of them. Instead, it was by the influential best-selling author Thomas
Friedman, who was making one of his periodic visits to China’s capital. His
column, which first appeared at the New York Times’ website on September
14, was called “Power to the (Blogging) People” and, alas, it provided an
analysis of the crisis that fell into both the traps described above. |
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