Hypocrisy and Cruelty

On the evening of March 1, more than 10 disguised and masked thugs armed with knives stabbed innocent people at Yunnan Kunming Train Station, causing 29 deaths and over 100 injuries. These violent terrorist attacks were made by offenders acting against humanity and society, showing a brutal anti-social nature that makes them truly terrorists.

However, reports from news agencies like the U.S. Cable News Network (CNN), the Associated Press, The New York Times, the Washington Post and other Western news agencies were cynical, logically confused and may have even had ulterior motives. These media agencies have been very loud about anti-terrorism issues, but their mass blindness and nonsense surrounding the Kunming Train Station’s violent terrorist incidents are infuriating.

Numerous facts indicate that this violent frenzy was a terrorist crime. Some Western media agencies, however, are reluctant to use the word “terrorism,” in spite of the fact that they are confusing black and white. CNN uses quotation marks to refer to terrorist acts, cynically noting that this was not the first attack involving knives; incidents in 2010 and 2012 also occurred in the area, though there was no “political affiliation” involved with them. The Associated Press used the term “alleged terrorists” in their relevant reports. The New York Times and the Washington Post referred to the terrorists as “attackers.” Describing the circumstances surrounding the event, CNN, the New York Times and the Washington Post also ignored the huge amount of social progress that has been achieved in Xinjiang, China, which blatantly incites ethnic relations. In addition, the Associated Press selectively quoted in order to actually claim that “Uyghurs should be allowed independence.”

Such clear facts about the hypocrisy of the media have revealed their ruthlessness, entirely driven by prejudice. Aren’t you all about “human rights”? Haven’t you seen the innocent victims soaked in blood? Haven’t your words even the slightest care about the human rights of the victims? If such an incident occurred in the United States, even if there were far fewer deaths, how would you report such an event? Would you use the word “terrorist”?

Prejudice has long since been the United States media’s chronic problem in its observance of the problems between Xinjiang and China. Long ago, in spite of China’s opposition to the U.S. government, the military held three Chinese Uyghur prisoners in Guantanamo Bay and handed them over to Slovakia. These suspects were identified by the U.N. Security Council as members of the terrorist organization “East Turkestan Islamic Movement,” meaning that they were downright terrorists. The U.S. logic is that as long as these people are not the burden of the American people, they are not “terrorists” in the eyes of the United States. For a long time, the U.S. government has been reluctant to label all of the bloody violence that has been occurring in Xinjiang as “terrorist incidents,” instead accusing China of these actions. Xinjiang independence taking place under the U.S. government’s connivance has undoubtedly contributed to their arrogance. As to the tragedy that occurred in Kunming Railway Station, shouldn’t the U.S. media and the government do some serious reflecting?!

The United States and Western media agencies’ double standard makes them dogs in the manger. Lifting a rock can be harmful, but left to sit, perhaps someday the rock will even fall and crush your feet.