This is a One Way Street
In recent
years, the United States and Chinese governments have continually remained
allies in all aspects of the term. Together they have the ability to work things
out in a civilized manner. President Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao
released a joint statement back in 2011 that proclaimed their shared commitment
to a “positive, cooperative and comprehensive U.S.-China relationship.” But
with recent advancements in technology and the expansion of media throughout
the globe, the Chinese has held a tight grip on internet censorship throughout
their nation especially when it’s coming from the United States.
Chapter 8 of
On Deadline: Managing Media Relations highlights the importance of knowing the
history and culture of the local people before implementing any media relations
into their country. As well as being sensitive to their customs and beliefs,
the chapter stresses doing research to inform yourself of unidentifiable
ideals. Although Americans believe that we are the best, there are many
countries that would beg to differ. Our arrogance can lead to failure.
The article “China’s
blackout of U.S. media can no longer be ignored,” written by Jim Sciutto outlines
the blatant disregard of U.S. affiliated brands such as Twitter, Facebook and YouTube
throughout China. News sources such as The New York Times and Bloomberg News
were also blocked due to sensitive content that harm the reputation of the
Chinese government. Google is only partially blocked but remains heavily
regulated by the government.
This
censorship excludes American companies to benefit off one of the world’s largest
markets and our largest trading partner. So how will the relationship between
the United States and China change?
Being
American means being democratic. Knowing in which ways the Chinese government functions
could have possibly saved the United States from running into this problem. Had
we taken into account the heavily regulated everyday life that the Chinese lead in their communistic society over us freely independent Americans, an agreement could have been made prior
to the Chinese government discovering the need to censor the world wide web.
So things bring me to:
Do you think the relationship between the Chinese and the United States will change because of the already heavily regulated internet?
Or
Is it possible for the United States and China to come up with an agreement that would help benefit the economy of both countries?
AND
Should both countries be able to publish videos, blogs, articles, and other forms of media that might question the motives of the government in either country?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/chinas-blackout-of-us-media-can-no-longer-be-ignored/2013/07/10/2bdea62e-e7f5-11e2-a301-ea5a8116d211_story.html
