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Listed below are comments made by SniperAce between Wednesday, 16th July 2008 and Thursday, 17th July 2008.

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Lucky number 7:22pm on 17 Jul 2008 Cough Cough. 8 (ba) does not sound like money in any way. it is the way 8 is written, like two coins. Which stands for wealth.
National sentiment 7:32pm on 16 Jul 2008 Great analysis. But Western media had a history of using more serious tactics when it comes to China. Take Tibet for an example, BBC and many other mainstream media have used edited photos, and irrelevant photos to demonize China. Reports on brutality of Chinese police is demonstrated many times through the use of pictures of Nepalian police. One report in which BBC attempted to distort news is when a report used a photo of soldiers putting a person into a van. While the van is obviously an ambulance, the caption of the photo states "There is a heavy military presence in Lhasa".
Also, there are journalist styles that are used for China. You would see more quotes, even quotes of single words, in reports on Chinese officials. That is the same style used on speech of criminals. When ever a western media reports on China, words like "the communist state" are used. When is the last time you have seen "the democratic state" used for western nations? What's more, is that Chinese officials, Chinese government, media, and the people, are simply refered to as "the Chinese". When was the last time you have seen the source that is a American media refered to as "the Americans"?
There are unfair treatments to China, and I would think most western journalists know it. The west simply cannot accept what is different from themselves. Communism in China does not mean if you do something hinting a protest, you will get your head cut off. What western media has to do is to earn the respect of the Chinese people, and learn to understand things that they are not used to.

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