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Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1156-W785
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1156-W785
Release
Date: Nov. 20, 2018
发布日：2018年11月20日
Topic:
Xie Yining, Chairman of the Pro-Beijing China Press in the USA, Shot Dead by
His Subordinate (Voice of America report)
标题：被下属枪杀的美国亲北京的《侨报》董事长谢一宁（美国之音报道）
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Xie
Yining, Chairman of the Pro-Beijing China Press in the USA, Shot Dead by His
Subordinate -- Voice of America
Note
by editor Huang Ciping:
On
November 16, 2018, Xie Yining, the chairman of the China Press, which is
affiliated to the State Council of China, was shot dead in California. One day later, I sent a tweet after I
learned the news on my way back from New York City
(https://twitter.com/huang_ciping/status/1064266119589109762):
"My
emotions were stirred up when I read about the death of Xie Yining, the chair
of the China Press. The media said
that he was the founder of the China Press, which is not quite accurate. In fact, as a leader of the propaganda
and funded by the Chinese Communist regime, this newspaper has been published
overseas for decades. However,
after the June 4 massacre in 1989, even the staff of this newspaper condemned
the massacre and thus its funding was terminated by the Communist Party. In early 1990, only six months after
the massacre, Xie Yining violated universal moral codes and took the lead in
cleaning up and making up for the Communist regime. He was a most shameless person."
In
less than a day, I received more than 400 retweets and praises for my
tweet. After that, I accepted an
interview with the Voice of America.
Since then, I have read more than two hundred related comments on my
tweet, the re-tweets, as well as the comments from the Voice of America report,
most condemn a person who would work for his personal interest by betray his
conscience. I am very moved to the
fact that despite the high pressure from the Communist regime and the deception
of its propaganda machines such as China Press, people make justice with their
hearts and the public opinion cannot be deceived.
The
following is the report by Voice of America on the subject.
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Xie
Yining, Chairman of the Pro-Beijing China Press in the USA, Shot Dead by His
Subordinate
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by Xiao Yu, Voice of America
Washington
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"When
our newspaper was first founded in San Francisco, someone threatened to beat
me. I also received a phone call
saying, 'When you walk out of the elevator door someday, you will die there.
'" In an article written by
Xie Yining, chairman of the China Press, he described the threat he received in
the early 1990s.
What
he said indeed became prophetic.
Last
Friday on November 16, a shooting murder case was reported in the China Press
building in the suburbs of Los Angeles.
At the age of 58, Xie Yining fell to his death under the gun of a
subordinate. The gunman was
subsequently arrested and the motive for the crime is still under
investigation.
Xie
Yining was born in Guangdong in 1960.
He graduated from the Journalism Department of Renmin University of
China in 1982 and later joined the China News Agency as a reporter. At the age of 26, he was sent to and
stationed in the United States in April 1987, as the youngest of the Chinese
expatriate journalists.
According
to his own memories, in 1991 he went to San Francisco to establish the China
Press on the West Coast of the USA.
Huang
Ciping, executive director of the Wei Jingsheng Foundation, told the Voice of
America that the predecessor of the China Press (Chinese name as "Qiao
Bao") was called "Overseas China Press" (Chinese name as:
"Hua Qiao Ri Bao") and belonged to the Overseas Chinese Affairs
Office of the State Council in China.
"After
the June 4th massacre in 1989, all overseas Chinese newspapers condemned and
protested it, including the "Overseas China Press". Other newspapers survived, but the
funding for this newspaper was cut off by the Communist regime, so it closed
its doors. At that time everyone
felt shameful to have contact with the Chinese government. But he (Xie Yining) restore this
newspaper and got money from the State Council."
Xie
Yining said that in order to start the newspaper, his home was smashed, and
some people shot at their office building in Los Angeles. More than ten employees' cars were also
smashed.
On
the second day of Xie Yining's death, the Chinese Consulate General in Los
Angeles issued a statement expressing "deep mourning" to Xie Yining's
family and expressing "sincere condolences" to all employees of the
China Press.
The
Chinese Consulate's statement wrote, "Under the leadership of Mr. Xie
Yining, China Press has made important contributions to expanding information
dissemination, serving overseas Chinese, promoting the development of Chinese
media, and enhancing mutual understanding between Chinese and American
people. We believe that all
employees of the newspaper will unite as one and share the difficulties."
Earlier,
the close relationship between China Press and the Chinese officials had actually
aroused the vigilance of all walks of life in the United States.
Bethany
Allen-Ebrahimian, an American journalist who is concerned about the overseas
influence of the Chinese Communist Party, said that after the Tiananmen Square
incident in 1989, the Communist Party realized that its global image was
damaged. Its United Front
Department and other agencies began to work hard to get out of China, and to
contact and guide overseas Chinese and communities all over the world.
"In
the 1990s, a group of Chinese affiliated with Chinese official media and the
United Front Department were sent to the United States to create pro-Beijing
Chinese media. These media claimed
to be "independent," but the reality is not," she said.
According
to a report of the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington think tank, all the main
Chinese newspapers, "China Press", "Sing Tao Daily",
"Ming Pao" and "World Journal" have financial or management
links with the Chinese government.
Of these newspapers, China Press has its positions as the most obviously
leaning towards the Communist Party.
This newspaper uses simplified characters (used by the Mainlanders), and
hires employees from Mainland China.
The report said that in the sample they extracted, the China Press did
not have articles publicly criticize China, indicating that it conducted a
self-censorship.
Xie
Yining himself said in the late 1990s that he limited what a reporter could
report: first, one was not allowed
to speak or act in a way that is separate the country. Second, if reports reflected on the dark
side of Chinese society, he would ask his men to conduct in-depth
investigations to see if they were true.
According
to a report by the Hudson Institute of the US think tank, there are about 4.9
million Chinese in the United States, and about 50% of them have limited
English proficiency. Therefore,
Chinese media still play an important role in influencing these people's views.
As
of Monday's release of this report, the China Press has not responded to the
requests of the Voice of America reporter.
Link
of the original report:
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-press-xie-yining-20181119/4665820.html
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Wei
Jingsheng Foundation News and Article Release Issue: A1156-W785
魏京生基金会新闻与文章发布号：A1156-W785
Release
Date: Nov. 20, 2018
发布日：2018年11月20日
Topic:
Xie Yining, Chairman of the Pro-Beijing China Press in the USA, Shot Dead by
His Subordinate (Voice of America report)
标题：被下属枪杀的美国亲北京的《侨报》董事长谢一宁（美国之音报道）
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被下属枪杀的美国亲北京的《侨报》董事长谢一宁（美国之音报道）
编者黄慈萍记：
2018年11月16日，中国国务院隶属的《侨报》董事长谢一宁在美国加州被枪杀。我得知后发推文如下（https://twitter.com/huang_ciping/status/1064266119589109762）：
看到《侨报》老总谢一宁被杀，颇有感。媒体称谢为侨报之创建人，并不准确。其实侨报作为中共出资的大外宣先锋，已在海外几十年。但89年屠杀后，连该报的职工都纷纷谴责，被中共停了。在屠杀后半年的90年初，谢一宁冒天下之大不韪，率先出面为中共洗地抹粉，属最无耻之人。
不到一天，我就收到四百多个转推与赞。之后，我接受了美国之音的采访。目前已读到两百多个就我的推文、转推文及美国之音报道所做的评语，大多数都谴责以良心换取个人利益的行为。这让我更为感慨：即便是在中共的高压，侨报类的欺骗之下，民心自有公道，民意不可欺。
以下为《美国之音》的相关报道。
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-press-xie-yining-20181119/4665820.html
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被下属枪杀的美国亲北京的《侨报》董事长谢一宁
-- 美国之音萧雨
华盛顿 -
"我们的报纸刚在旧金山创办的时候，就有人威胁说要打我，而且我还接到过这种电话，电话中说'某某天你走出电梯门口的时候，你就会死在那里。'"
《侨报》董事长谢一宁在一篇回忆文章中记述自己上世纪90年代初接到的威胁电话。
他却真的一语成谶。
上周五（11月16日），总部设在洛杉矶近郊的《侨报》大楼内发生枪击命案。谢一宁倒在一名下属的枪口下，终年58岁。枪手随后被逮捕，作案动机尚在调查中。
谢一宁，1960年生于广东，1982年毕业于中国人民大学新闻系，后进入中国新闻社任记者。 1987年4月被派驻美国，当时是中国外派记者中最年轻的一位，只有26岁。
据他本人回忆，1991 年他到旧金山创办了《侨报》美西版。
魏京生基金会执行主任黄慈萍告诉美国之音，《侨报》的前身叫《华侨日报》，隶属国务院侨务办公室。
"89年六四屠杀后，所有的海外华文报纸都谴责抗议，包括《华侨日报》，其他的报纸都存活下来了，只有这张报纸被中共给切断了，报社全部关门。那个时候大家都以与中共政府联络为耻，只有他（谢一宁）跑去把这个报纸恢复了，仍然从国务院拿钱。"
谢一宁说，为了创办这张报纸，他的家曾被人砸了，也有人对着他们在洛杉矶的办公楼开枪。员工的车子也被人砸了十多辆。
谢一宁遇害的第二天，中国驻洛杉矶总领事馆发表声明，对谢一宁家属表示"深切哀悼"，并对《侨报》全体员工致以"诚挚慰问"。
中领馆的声明写道，"在谢一宁先生领导下，《侨报》为扩大资讯传播、服务在美侨胞、促进华文媒体发展、增进中美人民相互了解作出了重要贡献。我们相信，《侨报》全体员工将团结一心，共度难关。"
此前，《侨报》与中国官方的密切关系其实已经引起美国各界的警觉。
关注中国共产党海外影响力的美国记者贝书颖（Bethany Allen-Ebrahimian）说，天安门事件后，共产党意识到自己的全球形象受挫，统战部等机构开始努力走出中国，接触、引导世界各地的华人华侨社区。
"90年代，一批隶属中国官方媒体和统战部的中国人被派到美国，创建亲北京的华文媒体。这些媒体自称是'独立的'，但实际情况并非如此，"
她说。
华盛顿智库詹姆斯敦基金会的报告指出，主要华文报纸中，《侨报》、《星岛日报》、《明报》、《世界日报》都与中国政府有财政或管理层间的联系，其中《侨报》的立场明显最倾向共产党。这家报纸使用简体字，雇佣中国大陆员工。报告说，在他们抽取的样本中，《侨报》没有公开批评中国的文章，显示其进行自我审查。
谢一宁本人曾在90年代末表示，他对手下记者的报道内容有所限制：第一，不允许出现分裂国家的言行。第二，如果涉及到反映中国社会阴暗面的报道，他会要求手下人进行深入调查，看看是否真的是这样。
美国智库哈德逊研究所的报告指出，美国约有490万华人，其中约50%的人英文熟练程度有限。因此，中文媒体在影响他们的观点方面依然发挥重要作用。
截至星期一发稿时止，《侨报》没有回复美国之音记者的置评要求。
美国之音报道的原始链接：
https://www.voachinese.com/a/china-press-xie-yining-20181119/4665820.html
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