This is the sort of thing that makes one’s head explode:
WASHINGTON, April 19 (Xinhua) — Over 300 Chinese Americans and Chinese nationals working and studying in the U.S. gathered near the U.S. Capitol Saturday to protest against some Western media and politicians’ biased remarks about last months’ riots in Lhasa, the capital city of China’s autonomous region of Tibet.
The peaceful demonstration in the Upper Senate Park, which lies across the street from the U.S. Capitol Building, attracted Chinese Americans and overseas Chinese of all ages and from various professions who live or study in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area.
“American media, you can muzzle our voices, but cannot smother the truth!” reads one banner.
“We Chinese American feel outraged by the biased Western media coverage on the Lhasa riots and Olympic torch relay, and I think it is time to have our voices heard, ” said Ma Xiping, one of the organizers of the event.
There’s nothing like a report on media bias from the official press outlet of a Communist dictatorship. The day China has a free press, a Xinhua report of this nature might be something less than comical. Memo to Xinhua: The government of China doesn’t have a bad rep because of media bias; it has a bad rep because people have eyes and ears.






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