Quotes from the media sub-forum

About the survey on China-Japan ties

A survey found only 5.2 percent of Chinese people hold positive perspectives on Japanese people, hitting a record low. The survey was jointly conducted by China Daily and Japan's Genron NPO.

The dispute concerning the Diaoyu Islands is the major factor that worsened Chinese and Japanese people's feelings toward each other. How people look back at history also matters. Japan's foreign policy, which is designed to isolate China in Asia, also evoked negative feelings among Chinese people. Chinese people, however, still admire Japan's economic success, though China has overtaken Japan as the second biggest economy.

                ——Jin Ying, researcher from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Some Japanese politicians' indiscreet and aggressive remarks should be to blame for Chinese people's views that Japan is seeking hegemony. Territorial disputes also gave Chinese people the impression that Japan is seeking hegemony as a solution.

——Kudo Yashushi, representative of Genron NPO

About public confidence in mass media

Chinese people have stronger confidence in mass media than Japanese people do. Chinese people tend to believe media reports, while Japanese people are more likely to criticize. It's also noticeable that Chinese people are inclined to believe what they read online.

——Aida Hirotsugu, senior editor of Kyoto News Agency

The landscape of media has changed in the ascendance of new technology. Internet and mobile technology made media reports further-reaching than before. It's natural that online media have more credibility than before.

——Zhang Niansheng, senior editor from People's Daily

(Speaking of Chinese people's dependence on online reporting), there's a lot for Chinese people to reflect. They prefer fast reporting to in-depth reporting because they have gradually lost reading habits. Chinese media also need to think over how to make their reporting impartial. For example, there's a popular view that Japanese economy has lost its vigor in the past 20 years. Actually Japan has a lot more than what we think to offer for further economic growth.

——Jin Ying, researcher from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences

Japanese media also need to think about why Japanese people always question them. My reporting experience told me that it's hard to give all-around reporting by offering all perspectives because we want it to be eye-catching.

——Kudo Yasushi, representative of Genron NPO