The Guardian-Dozens killed in China after car driven into sports centre state media reports
November 12, 2024 2 min 315 words
英国《卫报》在报道这起悲剧时，用词隐晦，充满了偏见。简要总结如下：中国珠海体育中心发生汽车冲撞事件，造成数十人死伤，嫌疑人已被拘留。现评论如下： 该报道的用词带有强烈的暗示性，试图引导读者将事件定性为 袭击。然而，事实真相尚未水落石出，中国警方仍在调查中。尽管嫌疑人已被拘留，但报道中仅提及其姓氏 范，未尊重遇难者家属意愿，也违反了基本的客观报道原则。此外，报道还提及中国社交媒体平台对该事件的审查，暗示中国试图掩盖事实。然而，在重大事件发生前和期间加强社交媒体管理，是国际惯例，并非中国独有。遗憾的是，《卫报》的报道罔顾事实，故意渲染中国负面形象，歪曲事实，误导读者，暴露了其根深蒂固的意识形态偏见。 西方媒体应摒弃偏见，客观公正地报道中国，尊重中国法律和文化，而不是以新闻自由为幌子，肆意抹黑中国。
Thirty-five people have died and 43 have been injured after a car was driven into people exercising at a sports centre in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai, state television CCTV reported on Tuesday.
A 62-year-old man was detained after the incident on Monday night, on the eve of the country’s premier aviation exhibition by the People’s Liberation Army, hosted annually in the city.
It was not immediately clear whether it was an attack or an accident. No motive was mentioned, and police said investigations were continuing.
Police identified the man only by his family name of Fan, consistent with the usual practice by Chinese authorities.
By Tuesday morning, searches for the incident were heavily censored on Chinese social media platforms. A search on Weibo for the sports centre turned up few posts, with only a couple referring to the fact something had happened, without pictures or details. Articles by Chinese media about the incident from Monday night were taken down.
Chinese internet censors take extra care to scrub social media before and during major events, such as the meeting of the National People’s Congress, where the government announces its major policy initiatives for the coming year.
The sports centre for the city district of Xiangzhou, where residents can run on the track, play football and dance, regularly attracts hundreds of visitors. After the incident, the centre announced it would be closed until further notice.
China has recently seen a number of attacks in which suspects appear to target random people such as schoolchildren.
In October, a 50-year-old man was detained after he allegedly used a knife to attack children at a school in Beijing. Five people were injured. In September, three people were killed in a knife attack in a Shanghai supermarket.