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In praise of the Internet that liberates young minds
By Cesar Ramos |
October 30, 2009, Friday
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KINDLY forward this message to your excellent colleagues (from Xinhua) Yi Ling and Chen Chuanlin, who wrote the story "Young Netizens: 'I' not 'We'" on Wednesday.
The story is thrilling and motivating. Most importantly, you've really touched the core of the current cultural transformation stream in China - the battle in the collective mind between the forces of tradition and progress. The title of your story depicts this very well.
Coming from Mexico, I do identify with this kind of struggle. Many Latin American countries experienced a good deal of transformation up the 90s, as well as widening access to the Internet.
Cultural shocks were inevitable, which in some cases included the expulsion of some media gurus, especially from TV once the (Latin American) young people realized how much rubbish and lies had been told to them on daily basis in order to maintain the established order.
Once we had the Internet, all other media sources had to clean up and dedicate themselves as much as possible to the real facts, knowing that any minute some watchful eyes could discover the traces of bias and/or manipulation of the truth.
People like you really do help to change the wrong perception in many expat or foreign minds, which sees Chinese media only as an office or branch of your own government.
(Cesar Ramos, expat living in Shanghai since 2006)
The story is thrilling and motivating. Most importantly, you've really touched the core of the current cultural transformation stream in China - the battle in the collective mind between the forces of tradition and progress. The title of your story depicts this very well.
Coming from Mexico, I do identify with this kind of struggle. Many Latin American countries experienced a good deal of transformation up the 90s, as well as widening access to the Internet.
Cultural shocks were inevitable, which in some cases included the expulsion of some media gurus, especially from TV once the (Latin American) young people realized how much rubbish and lies had been told to them on daily basis in order to maintain the established order.
Once we had the Internet, all other media sources had to clean up and dedicate themselves as much as possible to the real facts, knowing that any minute some watchful eyes could discover the traces of bias and/or manipulation of the truth.
People like you really do help to change the wrong perception in many expat or foreign minds, which sees Chinese media only as an office or branch of your own government.
(Cesar Ramos, expat living in Shanghai since 2006)
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