How does the Chinese media deal with climate change (esp. during the Olympics)?
November 26, 2008 6:51 AM Subscribe
How does the Chinese media handle climate change, and what (if any) difference did the Beijing Olympics have in this?
I only really followed the Chinese media in the time window surrounding the Beijing Olympics - I'm trying to get a sense for how climate change is discussed in the Chinese media (what is to be emphasized, what is to be ignored or downplayed), and how the Olympics impacted these discussions.
I've noticed a lot of contrasting opinions - a stream of climate change skeptic editorials, we must act now to stop climate change, features on industries who are trying to cut emissions - a contrast that I think goes against Western perception of a homogeneous Chinese media. What are the main pressures on discussion of climate change in the press?
I only really followed the Chinese media in the time window surrounding the Beijing Olympics - I'm trying to get a sense for how climate change is discussed in the Chinese media (what is to be emphasized, what is to be ignored or downplayed), and how the Olympics impacted these discussions.
I've noticed a lot of contrasting opinions - a stream of climate change skeptic editorials, we must act now to stop climate change, features on industries who are trying to cut emissions - a contrast that I think goes against Western perception of a homogeneous Chinese media. What are the main pressures on discussion of climate change in the press?
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Greenpeace are back in Beijing now (they got chucked out a few years back but have returned more low-key) and I know climate change is one of the main issues they campaign about; perhaps if there's not a press package on that site you could contact them as they're bound to have someone monitoring the media.
posted by Abiezer at 6:38 PM on November 26, 2008