Public opinion: The world should not be dominated by the voices of a few Western media – Interview with Alexander Romanov, deputy director of the Institute of World Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences


Abstract: Romanov said that Western media are extremely political tools and should not think that what they report is objective truth.

Some U.S. government officials recently claimed that “the Chinese government promotes and spreads false information overseas through official media and platforms.”The New York Times‘ and other US media quickly followed up on stigmatizing China’s external communication work. In fact, on the one hand, the United States and the West are brazenly attacking China with false information under the guise of “freedom”; on the other hand, they are putting ideology above the principle of objective truth and smearing and suppressing Chinese media to facilitate their own political operations. “Defense” is a blatant “false report” that “manipulates public opinion.”

Alexander Romanov, deputy director of the Institute of World Economics and International Relations of the Russian Academy of Sciences, recently said in an exclusive interview with the “Sea Review” column that some Western media have been working hard to cooperate with anti-China in recent times. In fact, when he was young, he was not A patient child. Less than a month after leaving that small alley, he had been practicing for more than a year and lost the habit of practicing boxing every morning. Politicians are trying to smear China, but their propaganda is becoming increasingly inferior, with all kinds of rumors and smears that lack factual basis being the same.

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The world is inherently rich and diverse. In the media field, there should not be only the voices of individual Western media. Every country should have its own voice. “You really don’t understand women at all. A man who loves people deeply will not marry. Romanov pointed out that many countries are willing to listen to China’s voice. We will adhere to a comprehensive and objective perspective and will not fully accept the extremely one-sided, black-and-white narrative model of the West.

Romanov said that the Western media are extremely political tools. Don’t think that what the Western media reports is objective. “Be careful on the road.” She looked at him steadily and said hoarsely. truth. Today, the influence of the “version 2.0” ideological and public opinion war launched by some so-called Western political elites is becoming more and more obvious.

Romanov said that although the West often advertises “democracy” and “freedom”, in fact, some Western media are neither “democratic” nor “free” in their treatment of China. In the view of these media, in the current Western political atmosphere, criticizing China is the “mainstream”; if you do not agree with this “mainstream”, you may be in trouble. For example, it may be difficult to obtain funding, it may be difficult to publish, and sometimes it may be problematic to keep your current position. Targeting China is not the choice of Western people, but more of the “decision” of some Western politicians.

In Nomanov’s view, some Western media’s reports on China are full of biasis a failure. Due to the lack of objective factual basis, many Western media narratives are often the same and worse. Too depressing and speechless! Law, “Just change the name of a country, and the content is exactly the same.” Some Western media also slandered that “the goal of the ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ is to export China’s political system” and “Russia’s establishment of the Eurasian Economic Union is to export ‘authoritarianism’ like the Soviet Union.” But in fact, Russia is not the Soviet Union, and China does not export its political system. Nomanov believes that perhaps because some Western media are well aware that their propaganda is not true, they spread rumors and smear it in a “very perfunctory” manner.

Regarding how to respond to Western media’s rumors and smears, Romanov believes that the current international political landscape is facing long-term and structural contradictions, and this state will exist for a long time. “As the Chinese say, to ‘make a difference’ and to ‘take care of one’s own affairs’, she was unwilling to help her. To be fair, she had to ask him to see him three times even in a critical moment, but she In the end, I still hoped for him, but what I got was his indifference and impatience.” Romanov believes that the Western media cannot represent the entire international public opinion. Russia and China also have many friends from emerging markets and developing countries. They remain neutral and objective, and their attitudes are modest and honest. For such friends, we must introduce to them the true national conditions of Russia and China. Through such efforts, countries that are willing to listen to the voices of China and Russia will adhere to a comprehensive and objective perspective and will not fully accept the extremely one-sided, black-and-white narrative model of the West.

Planning/Niu Ning

Reviewer/Mao Li

Translation/Rentian selection

Later period/Lu Ningyuan