Tibet Information Theory
While the Chinese government clearly issued strict censorship orders about Tibet coverage to all Chinese websites, Xiamen-based writer/blogger Lian Yue (连岳), who is known for his advocacy for environmental protection in Xiaman, writes on his Eighth Continent blog, translated by CDT:
1、If there is a power that wants to block information, then we should assume this power is bad.
2、If this power actually blocked the information, then this power should be assumed to be worse.
3、If the power which blocked information now publishes only one-sided information, then we should assume this information is false.
4、For all untrue information, the power which blocks information should be held most responsible.
5、The power which blocks information has no credibility to judge related information that flows around.
6、Information blocking is the only reason for making the divide deeper and the situation worse, since people in different positions are all talking from their own perspectives, and cannot be verified.
7、Ultra-nationalism is an emotion, not reason; therefore censorship is a bed for such emotion, fostering extreme-Tibetan, extreme-Han, Japan hatred, Taiwan hatred and other extreme emotions.
8、Mainland China is a place full of such extreme emotions. This extreme emotion supports the power, and likely prevents reform of the power.
9、Only sufficient information and sufficient expression can dissolve such extreme emotion. Trying to control so-called “dangerous speech” is the biggest danger.
10、Therefore, allowing the media to freely enter Tibet to report is a critical way to solve this problem.
March 21, 2008.
POSTED COMMENTS: 5 Responses
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See, if some marginalised Chinese would wish to become instant darlings of the West/other China-detractors, just be a copycat of this fellow Lian Yue ~ I can almost feel/taste/touch those gratifying tears streaming down the faces of these writers of the last 4 rants as if they are pleading…play that again please, endlessly if ever possible, for it sounds so sweet like music to our ears…
Just how many Lian Yue’s are there among hoards of Chinese anyway? Why don’t you guys comb & read the “Strong Nation Forum” & get a real taste of the true feelings of Chinese in general? If you would like to be misguided by this Lian Yue guy, so be it & be our guests! Most Chinese support the CPC Govt & would have wished it to show more guts in standing up to Western criticisms. Any intentional malicious spews of unwarranted rubbish against the dignity of our people & nation shall not come about without consequences.