Some Asians are still sensitive to West's dominance of media

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Many Asians resent the control wielded by the Western news media over news about Asia. Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mahathir Mohamad's denunciation of Rupert Murdoch's purchase of StarTV, Asia's new satellite television network, was the latest sign of this resentment. This view, long widespread in the Third World, is true to the extent that the international news media are dominated by Westerners who often know little about Asia. However, the same desire for profit that caused the Western media to move into Asia will also lead to the creation of genuinely Asian news media.

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION--CROPS, International aspects, Asia, Portrayals, Mass media

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Bashing China is new U.S. fad: with Tokyo's trade surplus falling, America is focusing on Beijing

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U.S. officials' criticism of China for its trade surplus is unjust because it is based on trade figures that are inaccurate and do not reflect the decline in trade surplus in other Asian countries. One of the reasons China's trade surplus has grown is because other Asian countries have moved their manufacturing to China. U.S. trade figures also do not account for the value added to Chinese exports when they pass through Hong Kong. In addition, the U.S. exports that go through Hong Kong to China are not accounted for in reducing China's surplus as they should.

United States, China, International trade, Statistics

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Asia, West reach compromise on human rights in Vienna

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The United Nations conference on human rights in Vienna, Austria, produced accord on a comprehensive Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action that reaffirms the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and addresses the issues of economic development and economic aid as they relate to human rights. The importance of cultural differences to Asian nations was recognized, but the declaration does not allow cultural differences to be used as a reason to ignore human rights.

Conferences, meetings and seminars, Human rights, United Nations, Vienna, Austria

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