{"id":41300,"date":"2021-02-12T12:47:38","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:47:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=41300"},"modified":"2021-02-12T12:47:38","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T17:47:38","slug":"perspective-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=41300","title":{"rendered":"Perspective Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yesterday Breitbart<\/a> posted an article about President Biden’s recent call to Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.<\/p>\n

The article notes:<\/p>\n

Chinese media outlets praised President Joe Biden on Wednesday for what they characterized as a respectful, \u201cpositive\u201d call between the head of state and Chinese dictator Xi Jinping.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Xinhua news agency and the\u00a0Global Times<\/em> state propaganda newspaper both highlighted the timing \u2013 on the eve of the Lunar New Year \u2013 as a gesture of goodwill from the new presidential administration. The former expressed hope that, after President Donald Trump\u2019s tenure featured policies designed to contain the influence of the Chinese Communist Party abroad and frequent condemnations of its human rights atrocities, America under Biden would return to the \u201cright track\u201d of policy favorable to Beijing.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I am all in favor of diplomacy and getting along with everyone, but let’s take a look at what the “right track” might be in the eyes of China. On February 9th, The Washington Examiner<\/a> posted an article with the following headline, “Biden withdraws Trump rule on schools disclosing ties to Chinese state-run Confucius Institutes.” The Biden administration has put the sale of TikTok on hold. The Trump administration was working to sell the company to a majority-owned American company due to national security concerns.<\/p>\n

The article at Breitbart notes:<\/p>\n

Chinese media coverage of the phone call, the first between the two since Biden became president, contrasted considerably with American mainstream media claims that Biden had \u201cpressured\u201d Xi on issues such as the genocide of the Uyghur people in western Xinjiang or the repression of political dissidents in Hong Kong.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Spring Festival is a very important holiday for the Chinese,\u201d Xinhua\u2019s coverage noted<\/a>. \u201cThe telephone conversation between the two heads of state on the eve of the Lunar New Year marks a new starting point for direct communication, symbolizes goodwill, and conforms to the expectations of the Chinese and Americans, as well as those of the wider global community.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

The article concludes:<\/p>\n

Mainstream American outlets did not convey in their coverage of the call a sense that Biden had been overly effusive in sharing goodwill or \u201crespect,\u201d as their Chinese counterparts did. The\u00a0New York Times<\/em> painted<\/a> the call as aggressive, leading with the claim that Biden raised \u201cconcerns about Beijing\u2019s aggressive policies abroad and human rights abuses at home,\u201d which Chinese outlets largely disregarded. The newspaper nonetheless noted that Biden has \u201csaid that he believed he had spent more time with Mr. Xi than he has with any other world leader.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

CNN similarly claimed<\/a> that Biden \u201ccall[ed]\u00a0China out on a range of issues related to its nefarious use of technology, unfair trade and human rights abuses,\u201d citing unidentified sources within the Biden administration.<\/strong><\/p>\n

NBC News, citing<\/a> the White House, also led its coverage with an emphasis on Biden mentioning the existence of human rights problems in China.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Somehow I think the media has sold us out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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