China's ocean drilling ship Mengxiang aims to be first to reach Earth's mantle (opens in new tab)

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aurareturn2y ago· 4 in thread

As search for "site:theguardian.com mengxiang" yields nothing.

Meanwhile, The Guardian is happy to print this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38777529

I'd love to see western media print both the positive and negative stories from China, not just negative.

The mission of this ship is awesome.

yorwba2y ago

The Guardian is a clickbait factory, of course they're more likely to report on shit than on a ship. If you want high-brow reporting, try Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-conduct-sea-trials...

aurareturn2y ago

I'm mainly interested in the popular western media outlets since that's what most people read.

site:cnn.com mengxiang

site:foxnews.com mengxiang

site:nytimes.com mengxiang

All yielded nothing. I did not test further.

winrid2y ago

Goes both ways. When I was in China the first TV news I saw was a report on a car chase in Florida, like 15000 miles away. Like really, nothing else interesting to report on?

aurareturn2y ago

The total amount of propaganda isn’t nearly the same.

Chinese news will have positive US stories including product launches such as the newest Apple products or the latest Nvidia GPUs. China will also show Hollywood movies and play American music in their coffee shops. You never hear Chinese music in American coffee shops or watch Chinese movies at AMC.

Conversely, nearly everything is negative about China in the US.

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ahazred8ta2y ago

https://www.google.com/search?q=mengxiang+mantle -- https://old.reddit.com/search/?q=mengxiang&sort=new

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12 comments

6 comments · 2 top-level

aurareturn2y ago· 4 in thread

As search for "site:theguardian.com mengxiang" yields nothing.

Meanwhile, The Guardian is happy to print this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38777529

I'd love to see western media print both the positive and negative stories from China, not just negative.

The mission of this ship is awesome.

yorwba2y ago

The Guardian is a clickbait factory, of course they're more likely to report on shit than on a ship. If you want high-brow reporting, try Reuters https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-conduct-sea-trials...

aurareturn2y ago

I'm mainly interested in the popular western media outlets since that's what most people read.

site:cnn.com mengxiang

site:foxnews.com mengxiang

site:nytimes.com mengxiang

All yielded nothing. I did not test further.

winrid2y ago

Goes both ways. When I was in China the first TV news I saw was a report on a car chase in Florida, like 15000 miles away. Like really, nothing else interesting to report on?

aurareturn2y ago

The total amount of propaganda isn’t nearly the same.

Chinese news will have positive US stories including product launches such as the newest Apple products or the latest Nvidia GPUs. China will also show Hollywood movies and play American music in their coffee shops. You never hear Chinese music in American coffee shops or watch Chinese movies at AMC.

Conversely, nearly everything is negative about China in the US.

1 more reply

ahazred8ta2y ago

https://www.google.com/search?q=mengxiang+mantle -- https://old.reddit.com/search/?q=mengxiang&sort=new

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse