The other day, 12.12.2008, I was reading through news in the Hebrew version of Yedihut Acharonot, Israel’s largest news paper, as I came across an amazing headline. Here’s a screen-capture from Google Cache which still shows, thankfully (you can try your luck here).

The headline reads (translated from Reuters) : “Taiwan : Ex-president Chen Shui [...]

Following is a letter written by a Chinese as a reaction to how the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony was covered by the Israeli channel 1 and a remark by Oren Nehari. It continues the series of posts regarding Sino-phobia in Israeli media and the use of extremely negative language against the Chinese people and government.
Dear [...]

Since I started with two posts about Sino-Phobia, might as well go through with it. Okay, two more from that same morning show, and the same male host, Mr. Avri Gilad. Two more horrible videos that show some of the dialog regarding China in Israeli media :

Male Host : […]  Good morning.
Finance expert [...]

Sino-phobia is now all over Israeli media and I promised to continue with a few more examples. Here’s another one from a relatively well-known news show with a well respected news reporter, taking her time to lecture the Israelis against China and the Olympics, almost on prime time. Here’s from Keren Noybah in Channel 1’s [...]

The anti-China atmosphere surrounding the Olympics has reached, IMHO, an all time high. Never have I seen so many people talk so negatively about China as I have in the past week. People and reporters who know nothing about China and get their entire information through cliches and stereotype make the at most outrageous [...]