China Websites Cut Obama’s Reference to Communism (Video Added)
From Reuters, via thestar.com:
U.S. President Barack Obama’s inauguration speech has a little twist in translations available on some Chinese websites where his references to communism and dissent have been cut.
“Recall that earlier generations faced down communism and fascism not just with missiles and tanks, but with sturdy alliances and enduring convictions,” Obama said in his 18-minute inauguration address on Tuesday.
“To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history, but that we will extend a hand if you are willing to unclench your fist.”
In the translations available on top Chinese portals Sina, Sohu, the word “communism” is omitted and the paragraph on dissent was gone.
Also from Danwei.org:
CCTV-News aired Barack Obama’s inaugural address live until he spoke about how “earlier generations faced down fascism and communism,” at which point the anchor scrambled to ask an analyst about US economic problems. Web portals followed suit. Via Hoiking and Milk Pig.
The interruptions to the live broadcast and carefully edited translations indicate China’s propaganda officials were monitoring the speech, said Xiao Qiang, director of the China Internet Project at the University of California.
The omissions weren’t necessarily due to concerns about ideological differences, but rather how ordinary Chinese might respond to Obama’s words, Xiao said.
“Propaganda filtering is one thing, but there are certain concepts, phrases or lines that ring true among the Chinese people and that is what the Chinese propaganda people really want to filter out,” he said.
POSTED COMMENTS: 4 Responses
the CCP is afriad of their own shadow. This “shadow” is the truth, and they continue to shield the Chinese people from the truth.
China remains to be a country of forbidden information, ideas, thoughts and expression. Because the Communist Party in China MUST forbid it’s own citizens from knowing the truth, in that the real criminals are the Communist Party in China!
Why else would the Communist Party interrupt live broadcast of U.S. President Obama’s speech and then alter it, for their own propaganda?
Was President Obama’s words so wrong, when he said, “those who cling to power through corruption and deceit are on the wrong side of history”?
Isn’t that the real honest truth, especially when applied to corrupt Chinese Communists Party leaders in China?
Who thinks Communist Party leaders are NOT corrupt, when they seize your land and home, then punish you to keep quiet?
Didn’t enough Chinese babies suffer from their greed and corruption to poison baby milk products just to make more profits?
Wasn’t the school buildings built poorly, while all the government buildings built better?
Just how many Chinese students died in school buildings, as composed to none of the government buildings?
Who many died under Mao’s Great leap Forward, 40 million?
Then how many more during the Culture Revolution? 30 million unnatural deaths!
How can we forget how the CCP fakes 13 year olds in the Olympic Games, fakes fireworks, fakes singing by not rewarding the real singer, just to cheat…
In fact, just what has the CCP ever done, for the people of China?
Pollution, inflation and cancer!
So, it comes as no surprise to see the Communist Party delete, censor and alter the U.S. President Obama’s speech!
Shame on the Communist Party in China, for twisting the truth, for deceiving the Chinese people, tricking them with more lies again!
If I was Obama, I wouldn’t let this unjust deed go unpunished. Boycott China’s political system, until they behave just, honorable and fair…
Cutting words out, deleting part of speech, interrupting live broadcast, is really unacceptable especially given in a speech by the U.S. President Obama!!!
Obama is our Messiah, the CCP is corrupt, twisted devils, looking out for their own selfish wealth!
Filtering is part of “evolution of Chinese consciousness” where CCP is holding a supreme place by ordinary Chinese masses even though the fact states otherwise…..
Once again, CCP saved Chinese people’s wrath against Barrack H Obama’s speech…..Chinese scholars and commentators are agreed with CCP for the sake of unity of China, thus truth does not matter and joined hands with CCP although there is ideological differences. CCP is happy to have a group of unpaid yet another armies of people in the west to defend them!
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