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93 Marq. L. Rev. 209 (2009-2010)
Tibet and the Media: Perspectives from Beijing

handle is hein.journals/marqlr93 and id is 211 raw text is: TIBET AND THE MEDIA: PERSPECTIVES FROM BEIJING ANDREW WEI-MIN LEE* I. INTRODUCTION After the closing ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, I was having dinner with a group of scholars from the field of dispute resolution. We remarked how wonderful it was that a group of people from around the world could come together and share dialogue and respectfully exchange different points of view on some of the world's most challenging conflicts. Over the course of dinner, I expressed my joy over how China had hosted the Olympic Games and the pride I felt at being Chinese. A colleague across the table, highly educated, very intelligent, and artfully articulate, shook her head furiously and launched into an impassioned speech about how China was destroying Tibet. She told me that I had been completely brainwashed by Communist propaganda, and if I ever could be blessed by the experience of having dinner with the Dalai Lama, as she herself had, I would understand that I should feel shame, not pride about being Chinese. Tibet is one of China's most high-profile and controversial media issues. I have found it to be a topic that polarizes people and flares emotion. Extreme accusations fly, passionate arguments are used, and fiery language is invoked. Discussions about Tibet often expand to broader assertions about China's human rights record, censorship in China, and Western bias against China. Inevitably, the media gets blamed for being a propagandist or a mouthpiece, or for distorting the truth. Addressing all of Tibet's issues is beyond the scope of this Essay. This Essay focuses on opinions of the media's portrayal of Tibet from the * Andrew Lee is an ethnic Han Chinese born in Australia. He first visited China twenty-five years ago. Mr. Lee has been teaching negotiation and dispute resolution in Beijing for the past five years. He has received education in Australia, Singapore, the United States, and the Netherlands. Mr. Lee holds honors degrees in psychology from the University of Adelaide and in law from Sydney University. He also has a master's degree in Chinese law from Peking University. Mr. Lee speaks English and Mandarin.

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