<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:12pt">Das NED ist ein interessanter Sponsor/Herausgeber.<br><br>Zwei kurze Kommentare dazu aus Peru(-Perspektive) von dort tätigen US-Politologen:<br><br>#1<br>"This reads like the typical fear-mongering crap one often sees in
Washington. The PRC´s main partners in South America are Brazil, Chile,
Peru... not the leftist "bolivariano" regimes, and they don´t influence
media in most of the region at all. Shougang and Zijin have done a lot more to advance our image of China in this country, and it´s not a rosy picture." (Anm.: Shougang, Zijin sind Bergbauunternehmen)<br><br>und<br><br>#2<br>"Some people make their careers on red-baiting and fear mongering in the
US, now the culprit is China (or the Koran, in Florida...). I agree
that the chinese presence in Latin America should be of concern, to
Latin Americans! But the US concern is a self-interested one, and they
continue to see it in ideological terms, when the chinese approach has
been really pragmatic -- they do business with anyone, from Pinochet to
Bachelet to Chavez."<br><br>Das NED ist ein "wunderbares" Instrument US-amerikanischer Softpower: Einflußnahme unter den Labeln von Demokratie und Freiheit.<br><br>"The “promotion of democracy,” for example, emerged as a central
expression of U.S. soft power during the Reagan Administration. In 1983,
Reagan launched the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), with the
mandate to “foster the infrastructure of democracy” around the world."<br><span><a target="_blank" href="https://nacla.org/node/1436">https://nacla.org/node/1436</a></span><br><br>Mathias Hohmann<br>Lateinamerika Nachrichten<br><div><br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Von:</span></b> Christoph Dietz <christoph.dietz@CAMECO.ORG><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">An:</span></b> Forum Medien und Entwicklung <fome@listi.jpberlin.de><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Gesendet:</span></b> Donnerstag, den 9. September 2010, 11:15:08 Uhr<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Betreff:</span></b> [FoME] Publikation: Chinas Medienstrategien in Afrika, Lateinamerika, Südostasien<br></font><br><br>Winds from the East: how the People’s Republic
of China seeks to<br>influence the media in Africa, Latin America, and Southeast Asia<br>By Douglas Farah and Andy Mosher<br>Washington DC: Center for International Media Assistance (CIMA), 2010,<br>32 S.<br> <br>Download:<br><a href="http://cima.ned.org/sites/default/files/CIMA-China-Report_0.pdf" target="_blank">http://cima.ned.org/sites/default/files/CIMA-China-Report_0.pdf</a><br><br>Conclusion (S. 26):<br>The People’s Republic of China is seeking to influence the media in<br>Latin America, Africa, and Southeast Asia through a variety of means:<br>direct aid to state-run media in the form of radio transmitters and<br>financing for national satellites; the provision of content and<br>technology to allies and potential allies; the sharing of news; and<br>training programs and expense-paid trips for journalists to China. This<br>effort has accompanied a massive expansion of the PRC’s own media<br>internationally, primarily through the Xinhua news
agency, satellite and<br>Internet TV channels, and state run television services. It comes at a<br>time when resources for media assistance in some regions of the world<br>– notably Latin America – are becoming scarcer. Chinese news<br>media, far less independent than Western media, form the basis for<br>China’s media assistance, which emphasizes cooperation with<br>governments – many of them undemocratic – and rejects the Western<br>media’s role as watchdogs holding governments accountable. China’s<br>moves pose troubling questions for those in the Western media assistance<br>sector. As the Chinese government propagates a less-than-free model of<br>journalism and assists undemocratic regimes by supporting media that<br>buttress them, advocates of free media and democratic government should<br>take note. Media developers and donors might consider countering these<br>developments with more robust support for independent media in
the<br>countries where China is assisting news media. This might include more<br>programs in investigative journalism, ethics, and internationally<br>recognized journalism standards, as well as support for digital media<br>infrastructure, such as broadband Internet access in developing<br>countries to provide citizens with increased access to information.<br>_______________________________________________<br>FoME Mailingliste<br>JPBerlin - Politischer Provider<br><a ymailto="mailto:FoME@listi.jpberlin.de" href="mailto:FoME@listi.jpberlin.de">FoME@listi.jpberlin.de</a><br><a href="https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/fome" target="_blank">https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/fome</a><br></div></div>
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