Chinese Protest Outside BBC over ‘Media Bias’
“…More than 1,000 Chinese students gathered today to protest against the Western media’s portrayal of the Free Tibet movement. Demonstrators wearing “I love China” T-shirts held hands outside the BBC building in Oxford Road, Manchester, for the Protest Against Media Distortion…”
By Natalie Paris and Agencies
Source: Telegraph
More than 1,000 Chinese students gathered today to protest against the Western media’s portrayal of the Free Tibet movement.
Demonstrators wearing “I love China” T-shirts held hands outside the BBC building in Oxford Road, Manchester, for the Protest Against Media Distortion.
They carried banners denouncing the BBC and other media organisations for their portrayal of China’s handling of riots in Lhasa, the Tibetan capital, and the Olympic torch relay.
Organiser Tian Yang, 21, said: “The BBC is the national broadcaster, so we aim at them, but also the Western media in general.
“The way they frame the story is biased. There is only one side of the story.
“They take their views from Tibetan government and the Western petitions.
“All we want is more people to listen to our voice and Chinese people’s voices because they are only interviewing the Tibetan separatists.”
The protesters held a two-hour silent demonstration outside the studios before reading out an “open letter” addressed to director general Mark Thompson.
It stated that the BBC failed to provide “credible and independent coverage” of recent free Tibet protests and the Olympic torch relay.
It also accused the corporation of double standards and said: “Justice and fairness are only applicable to news about western countries.”
BBC News 24 came under criticism for allegedly failing to show the “huge presence of pro-Chinese supporters” during the Olympic torch relay in London.
Mr Yang, who is a business and media exchange student at Manchester University, said: “We feel that through this biased reporting in the news it will generate racist prejudice and hostility in the west. That’s what we really worry about.
“We strongly believe that the Olympic Games is a good opportunity for people from the west and China to foster a better-than-ever friendship.”
The BBC said in a statement: “Despite restrictions placed on journalists, our coverage of Tibet has been extensive, fair and balanced.
“The same is true of our reporting of the Olympic torch relay and the protests that have accompanied it.”
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