German Internet celebrities: Anti-China in the media is an illusion, in real life, Germans are similar to Chinese

Source: Global Times

For the Western media that are proficient in information and public opinion warfare, it is easy to smear an opponent who is "disobedient," and any contradiction can be used to concoct countless rumors. However, when some people choose not to be routined and share their different views on rumors on social media, they are inexplicably suppressed. The Global Times reporter interviewed three video bloggers who have a certain degree of popularity on social platforms at home and abroad, and their stories once again confirmed the hypocrisy of "selective reporting" in Western media.

"Anti-China sentiment in the media is an illusion"

Navina Heyden is a German girl who likes Chinese Chinese culture and is curious about Chinese society, she often shares information about China on Twitter and has many fans on Weibo. But she recently encountered a troublesome incident: a previous report published by the German newspaper Le Monde, which slandered her as a "Chinese propaganda agent" and had been ruled out by a German court, won one of Germany's most famous journalism awards, the "German Journalist Award".

In Hovena's view, the award reported by Le Monde is not just a "mistake" or "omission" by the jury, but a little-known corruption in the German media industry. She told the Global Times that she had written to the jury of the German Journalists' Award, but had not received any response so far, "not a single judge has commented on this issue, and no one has expressed any sympathy for the slandered me." ”

She thinks the person nominating the article should be well aware of her lawsuit with Le Monde, and it's easy to get a sense of what's going on just by searching, but they didn't.

This incident made Helena very disappointed in the German public opinion field and the media circles. "The main atmosphere in this field is to reward and promote articles and people who criticize China and Russia. This is also very much in line with U.S. geopolitical interests. She lamented to reporters why many Germans are getting tired of the mainstream media.

Therefore, Haiwenna has been working to resolve some misunderstandings between Chinese and German people through her online influence. "There are many Chinese mistakenly think of German policy as a reflection of German thought. They don't really understand how Germany works. When you ask the Germans what they think of China, most people don't really care much, and what they can say is repeat what the media tells them. German foreign policy, the German people can not participate in the whole process, when we elect a political party, but also look at their domestic policy, not foreign policy. ”

Not long ago, Haiwenna wrote on her Weibo account that some of the German people's antipathy toward China is now caused by the brainwashing of the media for generations, and this process began after the end of World War II. Germany was the vanguard of the Cold War confrontation, so the United States manipulated public opinion in West Germany and other allies very fiercely.

At the same time, she suggested that the Chinese people should not overemphasize the "difference between the Tao and the Tao" with the West, because "that is actually falling into the trap of the United States, and the more his friends are, the less and less you are." Instead, you should emphasize the alignment between Germany and China in socialism, climate change awareness, the spirit of science, dialogue to resolve differences, respect for history, opposition to Trump-style populism, and social justice. ”

Haiwenna used her own experience as an example, "I have always been speaking out for China on Twitter, and I am on the front line of this confrontation with anti-China people. I'm well aware that emphasizing self-justice, no matter how right you are, will eventually turn into self-talk. When I first used Twitter, I had no experience, I used a lot of discourse that challenged the mainstream perception of German society, and I thought my views were profound and reasonable, but many German audiences did not accept it. I hope that my Chinese friends can learn some lessons from my failures. Polemics only make sense if there is a neutral third party that has not yet preset a position, and one-on-one arguments have no meaning. ”

"My original intention is to let more Chinese friends know the real Germany and us, and I don't want to breed any confrontational emotions," Helena said, many of the German anti-China sentiment on social media is just an illusion, in the real interpersonal communication, Chinese and Germans are not very different, "for example, I and Chinese, Germans can get along very well." ”