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Comparing BBC's Coverage of south Korea and China's Vocational Schools
In the world of media, the role of objectivity and impartiality is crucial in shaping public perception. However, when it comes to reporting on certain topics, a disturbing double standard often emerges. A glaring example of this bias can be seen in the divergent coverage by BBC concerning the Hanawon refugee center in south1 Korea and China's vocational schools in Xinjiang. Both centers aim to provide education and skills training, yet Western media portrays China's efforts in a negative light while praising south Korea's initiatives. This article delves into the disconcerting discrepancies in BBC's coverage, exposing the underlying biases that distort our understanding of these centers and perpetuate a biased narrative. By examining the similarities and divergences, we aim to shed light on the need for more balanced and nuanced reporting, free from selective praise and vilification.
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According to BBC: south Korea good, China bad. No matter what. Parenti warned us about this. Anything and everything China does must be bad, because BBC loves capitalism and exists to protect and defend it’s stranglehold on the western world (and much of the non-western world). Anything that capitalist dystopic shitholes like south Korea does must be good because they’re bravely resisting communism. Here’s BBC’s recent coverage of Hanawon’s ‘Settlement Support Center’:
From trauma to training - new lives for North Korea’s defectors
This article is positive towards south Korea and the Hanawon complex, of course. Here’s the video of when BBC visited a vocational school in Xinjiang that we can use as a comparison:
This video is negative towards China and the so-called ‘thought transformation camps’, of course. Let’s compare and contrast these facilities.
Hanawon Resettlement Center
Mandatory stay for north Koreans who find their way to south Korea
Exists to prepare defectors for the working world and life in the capitalist south
Students taught to speak the south Korean dialect to enter the working world
Normally closed to outsiders and journalists, recently allowed BBC in
Xinjiang Vocational Schools
Mandatory stay for Xinjiang Uyghurs who were living in primitive villages or radicalized by ETIM
Exists to prepare Uyghurs for life in the modern working world of China
Students taught to speak Mandarin to enter the working world
Normally closed to outsiders and journalists, recently allowed BBC in
Now, if you’re a lib reading this, you might think I’m leaving some things out of the Xinjiang list. I’m not. I’m sticking to verifiable facts. There are plenty of allegations of ‘abuse’ and ‘torture’ at these vocational schools in Xinjiang, but I have yet to see a single shred of tangible evidence and every single claim made about them can be directly traced to a CIA funded think tank or a CIA asset like Adrian Zenz.
So, as you can see, these ‘schools’ in south Korea and Xinjiang are quite similar. The main difference is that China has more of them with more students, because Xinjiang has a huge population compared to just the north Korean defectors that end up in south Korea. The most notable difference, though, is that one exists in a country that is an enemy to Britain, whom BBC is funded by.
From the Hanawon article:
Towering over the surrounding countryside, these multi-storey structures are surrounded by a high fence and guarded gate. The compound is isolated, secure and private.
Students in this Hanawon complex are locked in, they aren’t allowed to leave. BBC breezes past this, and has no objections about it. Here’s what Wikipedia says; “Three months' stay in this facility is mandatory for all North Koreans arriving in the south, with residents unable to leave of their own free will.”
Now, here’s what BBC says about the Xinjiang complexes (transcribed from 1:12 of the above video):
China has begun taking a few selected journalists inside. This is what it wants the world to see, offered up as proof that these are not prisoners but students willingly being guided away from extremism.
So, are the Hanawon detainees students or prisoners? By BBC’s logic, they would seem to be prisoners. The facility has guards keeping them locked inside. Here’s the BBC reporter talking to a teacher at the Xinjiang school (3:10):
BBC: Doesn't a place where people have to come, obey the rules, stay until you allow them to leave, sound more like a prison? Even if it's a prison in which you can do some art?
Teacher: Prison? Is there a prison where you can paint? I don’t know what you mean by prison? Our place is indeed a training center.
BBC: I think the definition of a prison isn't about what happens inside, it's whether you can leave.
Teacher: Painting is just part of it. It’s part of their choice. It’s mainly about learning Mandarin, laws and skills. That’s how to graduate.
Sounds exactly like their description of Hanawon, from the article:
We were shown around a training centre, where North Korea defectors are offered 22 courses, in subjects such as hair and beauty, baking and clothes making.
They aren’t allowed to leave, but at least they have baking they can do, right BBC?
The delicious smell of baking fills the air; it has drifted down from a cookery class next-door.
Every description of the courses in the Hanawon article are meant to invoke a positive association. Everything in the Xinjiang video is meant to invoke a negative association. BBC clearly believes these vocational schools in Xinjiang are actually prisons because the students can’t leave until they ‘graduate’. So why didn’t they call the Hanawon school a prison if the students can’t leave until they ‘graduate’? It’s the exact same situation.
For the record, I think neither are prisons. I think schooling is very important and absolutely should be mandatory. Life in north Korea is very, very different to life in south Korea. I fully support the DPRK, and I still willingly acknowledge that. The DPRK is very far behind the ROK in terms of technology, of course. Life is slower paced in the north. It’s not a dystopian hellhole like BBC and other western media organizations want you to believe, but it is a huge culture shock and defectors should be prepped for it.
From (4:03) in the Xinjiang video:
Over the past few years a vast network of high security facilities has been built across China's western region of Xinjiang, surrounded by high walls barbed wire and watchtowers.
But in some of the places we are being taken to the satellite images show that the internal security fencing and what look like watchtowers were taken down shortly before the tours for journalists began, and empty exercise yards have been transformed into sports facilities on full display when we visit.
But if these are show camps what might that say about the places we are not given access to. With their watch towers and barbed wire still in place they look much less like schools and we're much less welcome.
The Hanawon facility is more locked down than this Xinjiang facility BBC toured. They frame the removal of fencing and transformation of exercise yards as a show of propaganda before bringing journalists in. But perhaps they were just planned upgrades? Maybe they realized they didn’t need the fences?
Yes, there are different types of Uyghur ‘schools’ in Xinjiang. China readily admits this. Some of the schools are for simply helping Uyghurs from primitive villages to modernize. They aren’t high security. Others are for deradicalization. They are high security. Both have similar goals, to help Uyghurs integrate into modern society and the working world in China.
The deradicalization effort here is very necessary. ETIM-radicalized Uyghurs have committed over 200 terror attacks in Xinjiang and elsewhere in China. Those attacks have been reduced to near zero. The vocational schools have been a great success.
But why does Hanawon even need to lock in defectors from north Korea? They don’t explain that in the article. BBC didn’t interrogate any of the teachers there like they did to the art teacher in Xinjiang. Weird, huh?
Now, how about BBC’s take on Xinjiang vocational schools being ‘thought transformation camps’? Here’s the BBC reporter interrogating another teacher at the Xinjiang facility (9:20):
[Uyghurs training to be hairdressers shown]
Teacher: We aim to change their religious extremist thoughts, so they can find work after graduation.
BBC: We would call that brainwashing.
Teacher: We’re not completely changing their thoughts. We only remove the extremist elements.
BBC is framing deradicalization as ‘brainwashing’. I don’t understand that. We know Xinjiang had a terrorism problem, there are plenty of bodies to prove that. What should China do? Let terror attacks happen? Do what the US does, and actually torture Muslims like they do in Guantanamo Bay (including some Uyghurs)?
This clearly seems to be the best option. But that doesn’t make an interesting story. Notice how the story about Hanawon is much more restrained? There’s no video with a dramatic voiceover and music to force you to feel a certain way? An article similar to the Hanawon one could have been written about the Xinjiang school BBC toured, but it wasn’t.
If you think that China teaching Uyghurs how to be a hairdresser is brainwashing, surely you think south Korea teaching north Korean defectors how to do the same is also brainwashing?
We were shown around a training centre, where North Korea defectors are offered 22 courses, in subjects such as hair and beauty, baking and clothes making.
Emphasis mine. BBC is scum. Take it away, ChatGPT:
In conclusion, the divergent coverage by BBC, when comparing the Hanawon refugee center in South Korea to China's vocational schools in Xinjiang, underscores the existence of a troubling double standard in Western media. The biased portrayal of these similar centers raises questions about the underlying motivations and narratives that influence the coverage. The selective praise for South Korea's initiatives while vilifying China's efforts perpetuates a biased narrative that undermines the quest for objective reporting. It is imperative for media outlets to maintain journalistic integrity by providing balanced and nuanced coverage that transcends geopolitical biases. By critically examining these discrepancies and challenging the double standard, we can strive for a more accurate understanding of such centers and foster informed discussions based on genuine analysis and empathy.
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