Xinhua begins Pakistan language service to push Belt and Road

[-blitzkrieg-]

The principle that you don't care is what the enemy likes....you don't care today because it's not affecting you....tomorrow it will affect you and there will be no one to care about you.

Just a simple thought.



You can watch Al Jazeera on your phone, tablet, laptop or PC from anywhere in the world on the internet....my concern isn't whether specific channels should be blocked or not...I don't agree with blocking anything but the most harmful things.

My concern is with government backed heavy censorship....anywhere in the world...to protect the government....not religious, social or political beliefs/views.

Hope you get the idea.

Even if they are doing something wrong its there country they will learn and fix it....I will care when about my people.

 

[Itachi]

One can argue that there is censorship in the west as well.

Obviously, there is, I don't deny it.

But it isn't as heavy handed as that of China....which depends on censorship to keep its civilian population in control. Do you deny or agree with this?

Even if they are doing something wrong its there country

woah....wait right there.....just cuz someone has sovereignty doesn't give them the right to do anything wrong.

So you agree that Hitler shouldn't have been stopped from killing Jews?? What about modi and his muslim camps?? Do the "their country their rules" appy there too?

 

[Microsoft]

Obviously, there is, I don't deny it.

But it isn't as heavy handed as that of China....which depends on censorship to keep its civilian population in control. Do you deny or agree with this?

Here's the way I see it. Consider Pakistan's portrayal in US what do you see? The image I get when I see through western eyes/accounts is:

-Bombed up
-Desert
-Taliban/Al-Qaeda haven
-Poor country with evil people

Now if you've been there what do you see?

Now if I look through western eyes at China, which is all I've been exposed to about China I see exactly what you're saying. Then, I agree with you they have far stricter censorship.

But then I test those things like the pasta you have posted or say 'Winnie the Pooh' in a game chat and Chinese users get kicked etc, etc. Nothing happens and they are still there. This tells me that I am not being told the whole story on China and I am just seeing 'the shadows on the wall'. I am not defending China I don't know enough about it, I've only been provided one side of the story. HENCE why a Chinese news channel makes sense.

 

[Itachi]

Here's the way I see it. Consider Pakistan's portrayal in US what do you see? The image I get when I see through western eyes/accounts is:

-Bombed up
-Desert
-Taliban/Al-Qaeda haven
-Poor country with evil people

Now if you've been there what do you see?

Now if I look through western eyes at China, which is all I've been exposed to about China I see exactly what you're saying. Then, I agree with you they have far stricter censorship.

But then I test those things like the pasta you have posted or say 'Winnie the Pooh' in a game chat and Chinese users get kicked etc, etc. Nothing happens and they are still there. This tells me that I am not being told the whole story on China and I am just seeing 'the shadows on the wall'. I am not defending China I don't know enough about it, I've only been provided one side of the story. HENCE why a Chinese news channel makes sense.

Paste the copypasta in a Chinese owned game lol....many gamers have been banned already for saying some words from the copypasta....if you didn't get banned, wait for it...

In the end, I'm ok with a Chinese news channel.....I never said I'm not!

 

[Microsoft]

Paste the copypasta in a Chinese owned game lol....many gamers have been banned already for saying some words from the copypasta....if you didn't get banned, wait for it...

In the end, I'm ok with a Chinese news channel.....I never said I'm not!

But what do you say about the representation of Pakistan in US? Is it the same as reality?

 

[Itachi]

Now if I look through western eyes at China, which is all I've been exposed to about China I see exactly what you're saying. Then, I agree with you they have far stricter censorship.

You're also forgetting that there's a lot of pro-China news in western media also...like how China is building itself so fast...how the quality of life of it's people has increased etc etc

Similarly, there is pro-Pakistan content too, although not as much as we would like but that's the problem of the Pakistani govt. & it's people....at least multiple Pakistani make good YT videos on/about Pakistan.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

Obviously, there is, I don't deny it.

But it isn't as heavy handed as that of China....which depends on censorship to keep its civilian population in control. Do you deny or agree with this?



woah....wait right there.....just cuz someone has sovereignty doesn't give them the right to do anything wrong.

So you agree that Hitler shouldn't have been stopped from killing Jews?? What about modi and his muslim camps?? Do the "their country their rules" appy there too?

third class analogy!!!I was talking about censorship in particular. For govt.s that commit gross atrocities against their people , there is a forum and a way to approach it. People like you are very vulnerable to false propaganda so that should be best left to govt.s and not the people on streets..

 

[Itachi]

But what do you say about the representation of Pakistan in US? Is it the same as reality?

Obviously not and read the above.

US isn't Pakistans friend so why would they be lenient on us?

third class analogy!!!I was talking about censorship in particular. For govt.s that commit gross atrocities against their people , there is a forum and a way to approach it. People like you are very vulnerable to false propaganda so that should be best left to govt.s and not the people on streets..

People like me?? What're you trying to say here buddy??

I'm a AE (Aerospace Engineering) student....if I can do that, I'm pretty sure I can find my way through news sources and judge everything after reading multiple sources and not just a chat paty news source.

 

[-blitzkrieg-]

Obviously not and read the above.

US isn't Pakistans friend so why would they be lenient on us?



People like me?? What're you trying to say here buddy??

I'm a AE (Aerospace Engineering) student....if I can do that, I'm pretty sure I can find my way through news sources and judge everything after reading multiple sources and not just a chat paty news source.

i pity your school.. you must be one dumb student..

 

[Microsoft]

Obviously not and read the above.

US isn't Pakistans friend so why would they be lenient on us?

Except Pakistan is one of the few 'Major non-NATO allies' of the US. It's not about leniency it's about propaganda India pays them more. They need to keep the only Muslim nuclear-armed nation as a boogeyman in case they need to 'take action' yadda yadda...It's all about everyone's self interest. Have you seen much info on Indian occupation of Kashmir? The killing in protests of the citizenship act? Unlike the Chinese protests in which the police are nowhere as brutal there is 1:1000 coverage of Chinese protests to India's

If there is so much misinformation about Pakistan don't you think there could be some about China? Regarding the YT situation YT is individually created content how many old farts do you know that love CNN, Fox, NBC, etc... they're the ones in charge they don't watch YT. YT is also a double edged sword some dirtbag looking for easy subs trash talks Pakistan gets popular with millions of gangu subscribers and so forth.

 

[Itachi]

i pity your school.. you must be one dumb student..

Thanks for the vote of confidence!

Except Pakistan is one of the few 'Major non-NATO allies' of the US. It's not about leniency it's about propaganda India pays them more. They need to keep the only Muslim nuclear-armed nation as a boogeyman in case they need to 'take action' yadda yadda...It's all about everyone's self interest.

If there is so much misinformation about Pakistan don't you think there could be some about China? Regarding the YT situation YT is individually created content how many old farts do you know that love CNN, Fox, NBC, etc... they're the ones in charge they don't watch YT. YT is also a double edged sword some dirtbag looking for easy subs trash talks Pakistan gets popular with millions of gangu subscribers and so forth.

Pakistan can never be a non-Muslims ally....just an asset.

There are no friendships/alliances in international geopolitics, only temporary relationships based on mutual benefit. US fought the UK once, now they're friends....same with the whole of EU.

 

[Pakhtoon yum]

Otherwise this.. otherwise that..

Does Pakistan have a chinese language service on PTV?
Or you expect the Chinese to learn Urdu?

Chinese to learn urdu

 

[Microsoft]

Pakistan can never be a non-Muslims ally....just an asset.

There are no friendships/alliances in international geopolitics, only temporary relationships based on mutual benefit. US fought the UK once, now they're friends....same with the whole of EU.

You just contradicted yourself.

There are no friendships/alliances in international geopolitics, only temporary relationships based on mutual benefit.

US fought the UK once, now they're friends....same with the whole of EU.

I am not saying Pakistan become a non-Muslim ally but if Pakistan is considered an ally why are they represented as an evil entity?

Why is there no coverage of Indian protests as compared to Hong Kong protests? Which protest police have been more violent and unjust? Which occupation is more severe on residents HK or Kashmir? Why aren't these topics brought up in media? China is jut being set up as a boogeyman because they're non-westerners with gaining influence.

 

[Itachi]

I am not saying Pakistan become a non-Muslim ally but if Pakistan is considered an ally why are they represented as an evil entity?

omg lol....it's very simple bro....it's called diplomacy....you say one thing and do something else....call it Modern statecraft??

An ally is Israel, UK and NATO.....Pakistan was an asset.

You just contradicted yourself.

I just used friends to connote that they're allies now.

Why is there no coverage of Indian protests as compared to Hong Kong protests?

There are...did you read the news??

Which protest police have been more violent and unjust?

Both.

Which occupation is more severe on residents HK or Kashmir?

Kashmir.

Why aren't these topics brought up in media?

Check the South Asian section of any news site bro...

China is jut being set up as a boogeyman because they're non-westerners with gaining influence.

True but that doesn't make the boogeyman any unreal

 

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KARACHI -- China's state news agency Xinhua has launched Urdu service in Pakistan to promote cooperation with local media, ostensibly to counter criticism against the major projects under the Belt and Road Initiatives in the country, known as China-Pakistan Economic Corridor.

Urdu is the national language of Pakistan and the dominant media market segment.

A ceremony was held in Islamabad on Dec. 26, where memorandums of understanding were signed between Xinhua and over a dozen local media houses. Under the agreement, Xinhua will provide news services to Pakistani news agencies in both English and Urdu. Xinhua already has an English and now it has launched the Urdu service to target the Urdu audience.


People in Pakistan will see news content from Xinhua via local media.

Addressing the Xinhua launch ceremony, Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Information and Broadcasting Firdous Ashiq Awan said that media cooperation between Pakistani and Chinese media is necessary to counter negative propaganda against projects under CPEC.

The launch of Xinhua's Urdu service follows the 5th China-Pakistan Media Forum, held in Islamabad in November. The forum comprises journalists from Pakistan and China and is organized by the Chinese embassy in Pakistan and the Pakistan-China Institute, a non-governmental think-tank. Participants of the meeting chose to use the platform to counter negative propaganda against the corridor, according to news reports published in several Pakistani newspapers citing China Economic Net.

This development comes in the aftermath of the critical attack on Belt and Road by U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for South Asia Alice Wells. Michael Kugelman, deputy director of the Asia Program at Wilson Center, agreed with the assertion. He believes that Wells' speech in November shook up many people in Islamabad and Beijing. "Both capitals have now concluded that they need to make a course correction in terms of public messaging in Pakistan about CPEC, to ensure it pushes back more robustly against dissenting views," he told the Nikkei Asian Review.

Beijing's ambassador to Pakistan Yao Jing also welcomed the cooperation agreement between Xinhua and Pakistani news agencies. He praised Pakistani media for largely defending the corridor.

He also pointed out that "some isolated voices under the influence of the Western countries' propaganda" played a negative role in terms of criticizing CPEC.

The launch of Xinhua's Urdu service, coupled with the decisions of the 5th China-Pakistan Media Forum, is being perceived by experts as a media strategy to control growing criticism of CPEC, the Pakistan component of Beijing's grand Belt and Road project.


Kugelman believes it is already difficult to offer dissenting views on CPEC in public forums in Pakistan, so efforts to control the narrative have already enjoyed significant success. "Few media outlets in Pakistan have been critical of CPEC since the project was launched," he said.

Malik Siraj Akbar, a former journalist and currently an analyst based in Washington, believes that CPEC has serious loopholes that require a national debate but the Pakistan government has discouraged criticism on the mega project. The media has an important role in asking for more clarity and transparency, and it is not wise to counter the critical views, he said.

Experts doubt the effectiveness of the launch of Xinhua Urdu service in Pakistan or the creation of Pakistan-China media forums because criticism is mainly expressed on foreign media and social media.

Kugelman said, "The use of Xinhua [Urdu Service] will restrict dissenting views on CPEC in Pakistan even more, though this won't stop Pakistani critics from continuing to express themselves on social media or in media outlets outside of Pakistan."

In Pakistan, social media in general and Twitter, in particular, have been used to criticize different aspects of CPEC over the last three years. The criticism on Twitter has also prompted an aggressive response from the Chinese diplomats -- most notably Lijian Zhao, Beijing's former Deputy Ambassador to Islamabad -- who have wasted no time in calling out the critics and rejecting the criticism.

Akbar told Nikkei that Pakistan has a robust social media community, which has been shaping an alternative narrative on the corridor projects. Despite repeated efforts, the government has not been able to fully silence dissenting voices on social media, he explained.

"As we see an end to traditional media's monopoly over the domain of shaping public opinion and the rise of social media, Chinese investment in the media landscape will not fully succeed in thwarting criticism and suspicion of CPEC," Akbar added.

The arrival of Xinhua in Pakistan benefits the country's media industry, which is shrinking due to the financial crisis.


https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/B...kistan-language-service-to-push-Belt-and-Road

Great development however Nikkei is usually anti-China & CPEC so should be taken with a pinch of salt

They had an urdu broadcast for decades on shortwave; what is new here. Similarly Radio Pakistan uses Shortwave to broadcast to East Africa in Swahili daily in the mornings.