{"id":13301,"date":"2007-06-20T00:53:51","date_gmt":"2007-06-20T07:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/20\/media-insult-to-gansu-child-rape-victims-chris-obrien\/"},"modified":"2007-06-20T00:53:51","modified_gmt":"2007-06-20T07:53:51","slug":"media-insult-to-gansu-child-rape-victims-chris-obrien","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/06\/media-insult-to-gansu-child-rape-victims-chris-obrien\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Insult to Gansu Child Rape Victims &#8211; Chris O&#8217;Brien"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nChris O&#8217;Brien writes in the Beijing Newspeak blog about the recent mass rape of young girls by a teacher in the Gansu Province.  He highlights the fact the Chinese media intentionally played down such a tragic event in the name of saving China&#8217;s face, as well as due to lack of information released by authorities.  From Beijing Newspeak:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n&#8230;Such a horrific event, so little effort in conveying it to the world. Pressing the journalist for more information on this story brought to light some opinions I found very difficult to accept and which luckily are not held by anywhere near the majority of journalists in my department.<\/p>\n<p>The journalist in question began his case as to why he could not possibly get more information by bemoaning the lack of substance to a Sichuan newspaper report&#8230;Then he decided to raise his hand, shield the side of his mouth nearest to his colleagues, and whisper, &#8220;This kind of thing is quite common in rural areas. People there are very uneducated.&#8221; He moved on to say how he didn&#8217;t want to exaggerate the story for the sake of the children who had suffered and that they should be allowed to forget. The final excuse was predictable and one I suspected was coming all along. &#8220;It would not be good for China&#8217;s image.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;But how can the downplaying of this kind of crime be considered a safeguard of social stability? The facts are there in the story to suggest censorship in this case can cause more suffering.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beijingnewspeak.com\/2007\/06\/18\/media-insult-to-gansu-child-rape-victims\/\">[Full text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>\nFor more information on the rape case, see Earthtimes.org&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.earthtimes.org\/articles\/show\/72299.html\">China Sentences Teacher to Death for Raping 18 Girls.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris O&#8217;Brien writes in the Beijing Newspeak blog about the recent mass rape of young girls by a teacher in the Gansu Province. 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