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本帖最后由 王凡往返 于 2020-11-28 23:04 编辑 + w" S( N, D, I, }
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IT'S TIME TO TOSS IT OUT! s) w8 E9 f. } ^0 K
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A magazine or news program that spends its cover story or prime time instigating xenophobic antagonism toward a particular country or people should merit no respect and approval. But The Economist, a British weekly magazine, rife with appalling stories targeted particularly at certain countries and figures, has somehow carved out a niche in the press industry. Aimed at what its management calls the "elite groups of society", the magazine focuses primarily on politics and international news, featuring in-depth insight of serious economists and political commentators as well as compelling tittle-tattle culled from inner circles. It's no accident that the topic of China has taken a disproportionately large portion of its every issue since a time no one is able to remember. Then comes this new subtopic from today's seething cauldron of political fodder: cold war.
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The Economist has used its latest cover story to talk up or, in a sense, stoke a second "cold war", which pits a "democratic" alliance made up of the United States and its "like-minded" cohorts against an "authoritarian" China void of Western freedom and polling places. Such an outlook on differing ideologies is dangerously biased, potential to serve as a breeding ground for regional volatility and conflict. It has also betrayed the Western world's self-righteous hypocrisy and pervasive cynicalness.
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It's a crying shame that a "responsible, trustworthy" media platform has been fomenting hatred among peoples, aggravating an already tense international situation. Why don't they act as a peacemaker, urging all parties involved to keep calm and settle down to thrash out their disputes. A few pages of editorials and columns in well-written English may not be able to effectively take the edge off a bitter "cold war" declared by Trump, be it of trade, or tech, or espionage, where no one would die, but how can they pull it off by demonizing a friendly country, simply because it is rising amid a new international order and pulling old bullies off the top seat of round-table meetings? |
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