抗議國家地理雜誌

為一個朋友，他在國家地理雜誌上看了篇很詆毀中國的文章，很氣憤，號召大家都寫信抗議

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NG published a disgusting article in the December issue on Xinjiang's recent riot: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2009/12/uygurs/teague-text I'm so angry that I decided to write a letter to the editor (see below), Chris Johns (email: [e-mail] ), please send your email and voice your opinion .

Dear Editor Chris Johns ,

I’m a long time subscriber to NG. I have truly enjoyed reading every issue of your magazine until the December issue. The featured article in this issue, The Other Tibet, has appalled me. Like many others in the world, I view the riot in Xinjiang last July nothing less than an act of terrorism: for weeks innocent people were attacked or killed, businesses were assaulted, and the region was terrified, by a small group of terrorists who were mostly Uygurs. As far as I could tell based on the facts, the local and central Chinese government exhibited well acclaimed control in use of forces, and few complained about the way the government handled the riot.

What puzzles me the most about this article is not how the author, Matthew Teague, wrote the article with his personal peculiar angle in the observation of the incidence, biased opinion towards Han Chinese and the Chinese government, unbalance coverage of the confrontation and unjustified conclusion which was not based on complete and accurate facts, but rather your magazine’s stand and your personal note on the article which, in my opinion, violates your magazine’s long time principle in apolitical, unbiased and objective coverage of important issues in both natural and human world. Although I find many social aspects in this article interesting and educational, I think the author’s intention to paint a politically biased image on this incidence is unfortunate and wrong.

Therefore, I demand you as an editor of this issue, apologize to readers for the improper publication of the article, The Other Tibet .

Sincerely yours,

Dr He, Ph.D.

[麻辣擱筆]

問題的核心被拋開一邊了，就是，新疆的騷亂到底是不是“境外勢力和熱比婭指使”的？騷亂者的訴求到底是什麽？
海外漢人對新疆維吾爾人的生存狀況有多少了解？除了聽中共媒體的宣傳之外，還有沒有收到來自別的媒體的報道？

[無恥近乎勇二叔]

"Therefore, I demand you as an editor of this issue, apologize to readers for the improper publication of the article, The Other Tibet."---此老受文革遺害甚重。

[jwayne_1]

by the way, i don't think it is justified to demand apology to the readers. everyone can have an opinion. if someone else's opinion does not agree with yours, apology is required, that's not democracy.

[jwayne_1]

i was angry when i just start reading the article. after i finished, i calmed down. to be honest, it is not too badly written. way better than people's daily. anyway, sending a letter to them is the right way; stop reading the magazine is not smart.

[真真國女兒]

先向司令報到，致以崇高的敬禮。
我也抗議了，而且中止了對該刊的訂閱。

[dahuaidan]

沒有用的， 對於這些商業雜誌， 抓眼球，讓讀者看了舒服的是最好的， 你寫個為中國辯護的，再有道理， 不順應西方讀者的思想潮流， 沒人喜歡看。 咱們還是好好建設家園， 多捐款， 多回國腐敗， 管他們說什麽。

[supernova13]

I was also very angry after reading that article (Another Tibet). Please forward my thanks to your friend Dr He. It would be nice if somebody can organize a co-sign of such letters, which is much easier and more effective than people writing protest letters separately. Please let us know if NG ever replies to Dr He. I wrote a similar letter to TIME a year ago to protest their biased report on China's preparation for the Olympics Games, but the magazine did not even acknowledge the receiving of my email.

[macondo]

開口才能有聲音！支持。