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Tiananmen Square “Massacre”? The Power of Words vs. Silent Evidence (The Art of Media Disinformation is Hurting the World and Humanity) Paperback – March 12, 2014

by Wei Ling Chua (Author)
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The so-called Tiananmen Square “Massacre” is one of the most misleading events the US government and the Western media have used to demonize the Chinese government each and every year since 1989. There was ample silent evidence in the images produced by the Western media that told the story of a highly restrained and caring Chinese government facing a protest similar to those in the West at various stages of their economic development. However, the West and anti-communist forces had capitalized on the situation in 1989 to fuel the public’s anger, intending to overthrow a good government. How the Western media lied about a massacre given the silent evidence that suggests otherwise, and the moral implications of Western powers making use of common pain and dissatisfaction within an economic cycle of a society to justify the overthrowing of governments across the globe are issues that this book is structured to explore.
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The confessions made by Western journalists are documented in this new book titled 'Tiananmen Square "Massacre"? The Power of Words vs. Silent
Evidence'：

In 1998, Washington Post journalist Jay Mathews confessed in the Columbia Journalism Review that "no one died at Tiananmen Square" and that "it is hard to find a journalist who has not contributed to the misimpression" (including himself). In 2004 the Christian Science Monitor revealed that the Human Rights Watch decided not to publish their own 52-page report that confirmed the Chinese side of the story.

In 2009, BBC journalist James Miles admitted that he had "conveyed the wrong impression." CBS journalist Richard Roth also confessed in 2009 that after a "debriefed on-air by Dan Rather (London office)", he made "an effort to avoid using the word "massacre", and acknowledges that he did not "make a point trying to contradict a colleague on the air".

Are you aware of the circumstances under which these journalists suddenly decided to admit their years of contribution to the "misimpression"? Are you aware that they then tried to change the story to a "Beijing Massacre" with the exception of Graham Earnshaw - a Reuters journalist?

About the Author

Wei Ling Chua is a freelance journalist accredited by the Australia News and Feature Services (ANFS) and the International News Syndicate (INS). However, since 2009 he has been banned from accessing any of the benefits derived from his accredited membership due to an assignment he submitted to the Morris Journalism Academy questioning the honesty and ethics of the Western media. Wei Ling specialises in media disinformation.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform (March 12, 2014)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 270 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1494326590
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1494326593
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 13 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.98 x 0.57 x 9.02 inches
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Wei Ling Chua is a freelance journalist accredited by the Australia News and Feature Services (ANFS) and the International News Syndicate (INS). However, since 2009 he has been banned from accessing any of the benefits derived from his accredited membership due to an assignment he submitted to the Morris Journalism Academy questioning the honesty and ethics of the Western media. Wei Ling specialises in media disinformation.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 11, 2014
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Lost Johnny
5.0 out of 5 stars Tiananmen... Another View
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2019
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This book is fascinating. I had some ideas that the usual Western account of this incident was biased and inaccurate but this book is an eye opener. The comparison with the Occupy movement is a fair one.
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Kazuaki Shimazaki
2.0 out of 5 stars Author doesn't get it
Reviewed in the United States on December 24, 2016
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This book is composed of two non-contiguous parts. The first part is an attempt to compare Tiananmen Square and police tactics in the US. The second part is a rather stereotypical, "But look at China grow" and "Look at the US fund protest movements elsewhere" that you might expect from something from this political direction. The two parts are interleaved. I'll deal with Part 1 mostly because that's the main topic.

I can quibble over the details, but an overarching sense is that the author despite his claims to having received Western journalist training and accreditation, clearly never quite got the "Western outlook" and thus lacked the ability to understand why Tiananmen Square went viral, while the cases he mentioned (which admittedly are worthy of concern, and while hardly a "professional" research effort he should receive some recognition for gathering so many into one location).

The first distinction he misses is the significance of the Army. In a rule of law state, police handling public order is part of their regular duties which is to be executed under programmatic law, and requiring no will on the part of the state (in fact, any message from the government other than a mild request for "leniency" is at risk of being considered interference with that rule of law). Thus the State is not held responsible. Even in the case of excess, the blame will be on the individual or department.

Further, thanks to indoctrination from youth, we are trained to think of cops as good guys. With the exception of those who have already been victimized or someone with extraordinary interest in the subject, we tend to believe in their good faith - in fact, our mental health depends on this assumption. Thus they are allowed large margins of appreciation, and even a wrongful action will receive at least some sympathy.

The Army does not receive the latter advantage. Further, even when authorized by law, it clearly involves an active decision by the top levels of government and marks the point when rule of law disintegrates to at best rule by law - the government is clearly no longer a neutral player, nor are the rights of the citizenry its top priority. Thus, all negative consequences from the decision (in particular, all deaths from *both* sides) are its responsibility. Any leniency shown by the soldiers are to their individual credit. Futher, the heavy equipment changes the metrics employed - what's "armed" when facing the police is "unarmed" when facing the army (as the author notes but fails to understand the reason).

The second distinction is the importance of avoiding deaths. In the articles he actually quotes, the last one that actually involved deaths (in the single digits, too) are in the 1970s. Yes, deaths cross a line, deaths by the Army cross two, and the author doesn't realize this. If he did, at least he'll try harder to find cases in the US that actually involve deaths.

The third lesson he doesn't figure out is how freedom of speech (which he objects to in the Chinese context and provides a stereotypical justification of protection against Western meddling) and rule of law is a win-win deal, not just a win for the people or a win for the government. Through constant work with the public and media, Western governments have learnt from experience what lines they absolutely may not cross, what narratives combine at least marginal plausibility and acceptability, and when it's time to stop denying and put up at least a show of remorse. This avoids the masses congealing into a solid block of antagonism, and is knowledge that dictatorships find hard to acquire, which actually reduces rather than increases the stability of their state.

Meanwhile, rule of law and due process means that citizens are often willing to put off judgment until said "due process" is complete, and the system is considered to have worked as long as excess is stopped before the last stage (despite the considerable damage caused by then). The author recognizes the negatives and limitations, but doesn't note how it does keep the government from going too far, while increasing the overall stability of the state.

On less thematic points, the author engages the "in the Square" narrative, but no matter how he plays it up, is forced to acknowledge it is no longer part of the serious studying of the event so he's engaging a past target. He doesn't really handle the claim of deaths occuring elsewhere except a stereotypical note that soldiers died to (a fact that is actually known).

And he can really do translations properly. Referring to location 1086, like it or not, 期待 is not "wish", but expectation or anticipation. 無賴至極 does not translate to "frustrate ... to the extreme" - a better translation of the phrase is "that is, to let the government when it reaches the extremes (至極) of despicability (無賴) to butcher its own citizens". The mistranslation shifts the active element from the government to the protesters, which is clearly not what was said or meant.

Moving to 1094, 這話 should be translated as "this (in context)" or "this narrative (translating with maximal literalness)" not our intention, and 要 is "need", not "intention". The sum effect of these "errors" is to distort a narrative of resigned acceptance into a narrative of active desire for bloodshed, and by itself would lead to reasonable doubts about the author's objectivity and fair-mindedness. Is he gambling his audience doesn't know a shred of Chinese?

In short, the author tries hard, but he fails because he hasn't even succeeded in understanding his target audience or presenting himself as objective and fair-minded on the issue.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2014
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MUST READ!!
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Dr Thomas Reuter
5.0 out of 5 stars A Though-Provoking Historical Revision
Reviewed in the United States on July 21, 2014
This book provides a different perspective on an event western readers associate more than any other with modern China, and which has become a tarnish on the reputation of the Chinese government with respect to how it deal with its own citizens. Let the reader decide whether this is deserved or not, after reading this book. Academics may quibble about some of the claims, and that is necessary too, but the book certainly contains a wealth of thought-provoking information.
Chua questions the official western account, and whether one agrees with him or not, he shines a light on the way enemy pictures are all to often created in the mass media to suit the political needs of the moment.
This is an important book and timely, as China once more is being painted black in preparation for what many experts believe is a plan to "contain" if not outright attack them on a pretext, never mind the suffering of China at the hands of foreign powers over much of its modern history. Again, whatever one may think of China and its history, citizens should at least be aware when their opinions are being moulded to suit the strategic interests of the military industrial complex. What we can do to master propaganda coming our way from all sides? Make sure we all are very well informed indeed, on all sides of every political argument! Then we can be truly free to form an opinion.
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