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Love of China Lies in the Eyes of the Beholder Part 2

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Love of China Lies in the Eyes of the Beholder Part 2

Encounters

2019/07/25
Encounters

Encounters

2019/07/25
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Early in 2005, David Ferguson found himself at a restaurant table sitting in front of a plate of cold pickled chickens' feet. He was in Beijing en route to his first visit to his wife's hometown, a city called Jilin in China's northeast. There was a time w...

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David Ferguson’s journey into China began not with headlines or policy briefs, but with a plate of cold pickled chickens’ feet in Beijing—a humble, human moment that marked the start of a deep, decades-long engagement with the country’s realities.
03:53
Western media used fake images in its coverage of the 2008 Tibet riots
09:40
Women have choices in China but remain scarce in senior political positions
15:41
Breaking down Xi Jinping Thought into a hierarchical structure makes it easier to understand and present
21:46
China is good at telling stories, and focusing on successful poverty-alleviation stories, like the one on China.org with the World Bank, can help, rather than presenting dry data.
24:47
Telling humanity stories instead of providing dry data is emphasized

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What sparked a Western journalist’s mission to tell China’s stories truthfully?
00:00
How did rebuilding after the Sichuan earthquake reveal China’s resilience—and media freedom?
06:56
Why can’t we just translate Xi Jinping’s words? The hidden work behind every idiom.
12:39
Can China’s success stories ease Western anxiety—or is deeper listening needed?
18:26
How do chickens’ feet, 'Wronglish,' and real people change the way the world sees China?
24:47

Transcript

Man Ling: This is Encounters, a dialogue that brings you multifaceted life stories you don't want to miss. David Ferguson: There are a lot of positive stories to be told about China. China's not perfect by any means. There's plenty of room for criticism. ...