Thursday, May 22, 2014
Another Xinjiang Attack
I'd like to deviate from US history for a second. Recently, there was another terrorist attack in the Xinjiang region of China. This time bombs were hurled into the busy streets and resulting explosions killed 31 citizens and wounded 90. Now, the last attack was at the airport where several perpetrators knifed 15 or so civilians to death. This news, however, was overshadowed by the Russian-Ukraine situation. The Chinese government blame the radical Muslim faction within the region for the attacks, but that's not what I wanted to talk about. What really struck me was that last time, everyone knew about Ukraine, but no one was interested in Muslim radicals terrorizing China. So my question is: What news do persons and publishers deem worthy enough to be trending or popular? Why does Russia seem to get more attention than China, even though at the time we weren't involved with either?
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I believe this is a modern case of yellow journalism. Even though Russia is no longer the threat it was during the Cold War, the general sentiment of the American population toward Russia is at least one of trepidation, if not fear. Conversely, Americans' attitude toward China is one of indifference or as an economic (not so much security) threat. In other words, publications are targeting their readers, who care more about Russia than China. It is important to remember that Asians are only around 3% of the population while the white population is considerably more significant.
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