Media could play more positive role in China-India relations: scholars

 SINGAPORE, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The mass media of China and India could play a more positive role in the bilateral¹ relations between the two emerging countries, scholars said on Wednesday at a seminar in Singapore.

Speaking at the India-China Dialogue on the role of the media in bilateral relations organized by several research institutions, Tansen Sen, head of the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Center, the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, said there is a lack of knowledge and awareness² in the media about the other country.

India is not as important as it should be in Chinese media's perspective, and vice³ versa, he said.

Some of the Indian media is not familiar with the increasing diversity of the Chinese media, and the sourcing of information is at times problematic, too, he said.

The media themselves have been an issue at times in reshaping the bilateral relations in an unfavorable direction, Sen said, adding that the seminar was organized to bring together the media practitioners⁴ from both countries for a discussion.

The India-China Dialogue was jointly⁵ organized by the Asia Research Institute at the National University of Singapore (NUS), the East Asian Institute at the NUS, the Nalanda-Sriwijaya Center at the Institute of Southeast Asian Studies, and the Observer Research Foundation of India.

The two-day seminar brought many scholars and journalists from several renowned⁶ media such as China's Xinhua News Agency, the Global Times, the Hong Kong-based Phoenix⁷ TV, as well as the Indian Express, the Financial Express in India and the Hindu.

Mao Xiaoxiao, a correspondent at the New Delhi Bureau of Xinhua, shared her experience of reporting from India and her personal experience in India. Chinese media have been looking to India for what China can learn from India in areas such as IT and movie industry, she said.

She also spoke⁸ about the skepticism she ran into while reporting from India.

M K Venu, managing editor of the Financial Express in India, said the financial newspapers have been reporting on the progress in the relations between the two developing countries, who are both members of the BRIC countries, saying that it is changing for the better despite the still existing skepticism.

It is about time the media play a more positive role in promoting understanding and collaboration⁹ between the two countries, some of the journalists and scholars said.

It is estimated that there are no more than ten Indian journalists based in China. Some of the scholars call for more interactions between the media persons of the two countries and more high-quality talent for the media to engage each other.

1 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

2 awareness   

n.意识，觉悟，懂事，明智

参考例句：

• There is a general awareness that smoking is harmful.人们普遍认识到吸烟有害健康。
• Environmental awareness has increased over the years.这些年来人们的环境意识增强了。

3 vice   

n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的

参考例句：

• He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。
• They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 practitioners   

n.习艺者，实习者( practitioner的名词复数 )；从业者（尤指医师）

参考例句：

• one of the greatest practitioners of science fiction 最了不起的科幻小说家之一
• The technique is experimental, but the list of its practitioners is growing. 这种技术是试验性的，但是采用它的人正在增加。 来自辞典例句

5 jointly   

ad.联合地，共同地

参考例句：

• Tenants are jointly and severally liable for payment of the rent. 租金由承租人共同且分别承担。
• She owns the house jointly with her husband. 她和丈夫共同拥有这所房子。

6 renowned   

adj.著名的，有名望的，声誉鹊起的

参考例句：

• He is one of the world's renowned writers.他是世界上知名的作家之一。
• She is renowned for her advocacy of human rights.她以提倡人权而闻名。

7 phoenix   

n.凤凰，长生(不死)鸟；引申为重生

参考例句：

• The airline rose like a phoenix from the ashes.这家航空公司又起死回生了。
• The phoenix worship of China is fetish worship not totem adoration.中国凤崇拜是灵物崇拜而非图腾崇拜。

8 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

9 collaboration   

n.合作，协作；勾结

参考例句：

• The two companies are working in close collaboration each other.这两家公司密切合作。
• He was shot for collaboration with the enemy.他因通敌而被枪毙了。