Tuesday, April 18, 2006

Chinese president's photo is WRONG!



I scanned this from the new issue of MacLean's. Found anything wrong?

You got it: The text is about HU, but the photo is Lien.

Below is my letter to the editor:

"Deat Editor,

When I read the new issue (April 24, 06) of Maclean's, I found there was a wrong photo.

This photo is at the top right corner of page 13, beside the title "THE WEEK AHEAD...HU'S in WASHINGTON", so I suppose the photo is to show Chinese president Hu Jintao and his wife. But, unfortunately, what is really there are Lien Chan, former chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang(KMT) party, and his wife. This photo was very likely taken during the couple's recent high profile visit to mainland of China.

Considering the huge Chinese Canadian population in Canada, especially in big cities like Toronto and Vancouver. A mistake like this is really disappointing and embarassing. I only knew that some people who never saw foreigners before had diffuclty to tell individuals of other races, but it seems that professional journalists are no better than them, even in such a multicultural country.

J

North York , Ontario"

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