Surviving Capitalism (Not) : The Sneering at China’s President Xi

We’ve lived so long under the spell of hierarchy—from god-kings to feudal lords to party bosses—that only recently have we awakened to see not only that “regular” citizens have the capacity for self-governance, but that without their engagement our huge global crises cannot be addressed. The changes needed for human society simply to survive, let alone thrive, are so profound that the only way we will move toward them is if we ourselves, regular citizens, feel meaningful ownership of solutions through direct engagement. Our problems are too big, interrelated, and pervasive to yield to directives from on high.
—Frances Moore Lappé, excerpt from Time for Progressives to Grow Up

Thursday, September 24, 2015

The Sneering at China’s President Xi

Click here to access article by Dan Steinbok from ConsortiumNews.

Steinbok has observed how US media coverage of China's president has always portrayed him with a negative bias. Living in the greater Seattle area where Xi is now visiting with various high tech company officials, I observe the same phenomenon which I find very surprising given that the links between high tech companies and China have been very strong.

Just recently the Chinese signed a deal to buy 300 Boeing jet airliners worth $38 billion. They have been one of Boeing's biggest customers. Yet, corporate talking TV heads keep making negative comments about Xi--see this coverage from a local TV channel as typical. This TV station, like all the other local stations, is not locally owned, instead owned by Tegna corporation based in McLean, VA. Maybe it's only a coincidence, but CIA also has offices there in addition to nearby Langley where CIA headquarters are located.