Perspectives
by Lia Sciortino
Perspectives
China’s PR Problem Rears Its Head
Johanna Son
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CHIANG MAI, Dec 11 (TerraViva/IPS Asia-Pacific) - Powerful neighbour. A rising power. Old friend. Big, secretive investor. Big boy of the region.
These were some of the terms participants at a talk-show format discussion at the Mekong Media Forum used when asked to share the images of China they get from the media.
Reading Media
Johanna Son
BANGKOK -- Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia. What images might these words conjure up in the minds of international consumers of news? Perhaps war, maybe the Khmer Rouge. Or they might say, ‘Oh, it’s that those countries that had that war some time ago. . . they’re near one another, and they’re all the same’.
China: Benign Bully of the Mekong?
Johanna Son
SYDNEY, Oct 3 (IPS Asia-Pacific) – Over the last decade or so, China’s deft use of soft power has seen South-east Asian neighbours’ view of it change from a looming threat to a largely friendly, if still imposing, giant to the north.
LAOS: More Illegal Migrants Volunteer to Return Home
VIENTIANE - A group of 837 illegal Lao migrants arrived in Vientiane on June 22 after spending years suffering in Thai detention camps.
Mr Kor spent more than two years in a camp in Phetsaboun province and was living there when it was set on fire last month.
“I don't know who set the fire,” he said. “More than 80 percent of the camp was completely burned and we didn't have shelter to protect us from the rain and hot sun, so I really wanted to return,”
Kor and the other migrants were deceived into believing the camp was a departure point for migration to the United States . Instead the illegal migrants were confined and did not have access to enough food.
He said more people wanted to return to Laos , but they were scared by rumours at the camps claiming returnees would be jailed by the government.
After arriving in Vientiane the migrants were sent to stay at the Borikhamxay province temporary accommodation centre, where they will be educated by government officials to prevent them from being exploited by human traffickers.
Returnees who are homeless and have no assets will be registered as residents of Phalak, a newly created village established in 2006 in Kasy district, Vientiane province.
The government will also allocate land to the migrants and give them initial assistance until they are self-reliant.
The return of the migrants was in accordance with an agreement of the Lao-Thai and Thai-Lao sub-general border committees made in September last year.
The committees agreed to facilitate the return of all illegal Lao migrants by the end of this year. (Source: Vientiane Times, June 24, 2008)
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COMING SOON: 'TALKING GENDER IN THE MEKONG MEDIA'
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BANGKOK - Do media organisations in the Mekong Region think that gender sensitivity, including giving voices to women, is part of doing better stories? How do they define it within the context of their societies and how do they report on different genders and sexuality? Do they include the use of gender-friendly language in their stylebooks and training programmes? How much is using a gender lens a news habit?
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