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Jelas laaa,Pope Francis steals limelight from Xi’s US visit
Pope Francis steals limelight from Xi’s US visit
Chinese media focuses on the pomp around Xi, but American interest lies with the Pontiff
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States — a 21-gun salute given as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House.
For most Americans, it was a sideshow on Friday morning: The main news networks were deep into their fourth straight day of blanket coverage of Pope Francis’ historic US visit.
Mr Xi’s US trip has — at least in terms of American media coverage — been firmly overshadowed by the wildly popular Pontiff, raising questions about its timing and contrasting sharply with the wall-to-wall coverage of Mr Xi by Chinese media.
China’s tightly controlled state media has focused heavily on the pomp, ceremony and shows of respect Mr Xi has been treated to in Seattle and then Washington. The adoring domestic coverage is important for Mr Xi, who is grappling with Chinese market instability and a flagging economy at a time when he is seeking to consolidate his grip on the leadership ahead of a crucial Communist Party congress in 2017.
On a visit to a high school in Tacoma, near Seattle — where Mr Xi and singer wife Peng Liyuan were serenaded by the school choir — state television showed children screaming their appreciation.
A day earlier, Mr Xi had quoted Martin Luther King and sprinkled references to American pop culture into his speech to tech executives.
China has also stressed Mr Xi’s personal connection to the US, with the official Xinhua news agency carrying a video on its Facebook page — not mentioning that Facebook is blocked in China — showing him putting on a friendly face for Americans.
“From Iowa visitor to White House guest,” the English-language video explains, referring to a brief 1985 visit when Mr Xi was an animal-feed official in Hebei, Iowa’s sister province.
The Pope’s visit to the US, by contrast, has barely featured in the Chinese media. The Vatican has had no formal diplomatic ties to Beijing since shortly after the Communist Party took power in 1949.
Pope Francis, the most socially progressive Pope in generations, has drawn large crowds and the kind of welcome normally reserved for rock stars during his first US visit, which ended in Philadelphia yesterday.
“Live” US news networks have hung on to his every word and step.
ONE-SIDED MEDIA BATTLE
Talk of the Pope dwarfed any attention given to Mr Xi’s visit, according to data provided by MediaMiser, which tracks news and media content online, and on television and radio.
From Aug 26 to Sept 25, tweets in the US about Pope Francis topped 765,000, compared to 107,000 for Mr Xi, according to MediaMiser.
Online articles from Sept 20 to Sept 24 mentioned the Pope nearly four times more than Mr Xi. On television, the Pope was mentioned more than 25 times more.
Under Mr Xi, US-Chinese relations are at a low, hurt by tensions over cyber theft and China’s assertive moves in Asian maritime disputes.
“To be contrasted with someone who has no military, no economic might and be completely eclipsed, I think it’s astounding. I don’t think the Chinese are noticing the contrast in messages,” said Mr Jorge Guajardo, the former Mexican ambassador to China from 2007 to 2013, who lives in Washington.
Chinese officials played down any suggestion the Pope’s visit had eclipsed Mr Xi’s.
“The Pope’s visit, we noticed that and that ... he is welcomed by the public. His visit has his own bearing here. President Xi’s visit has its own bearing,” said Chinese delegation spokesman Lu Kang.
Chinese officials have kept security around Mr Xi’s trip particularly tight, limiting his ability to go off script and interact with the public.
Officials in Tacoma said the security preparations for his visit had been gruelling.
Dr Ming Xia, a political science professor at New York’s City University — who travelled to take part in an anti-Xi protest outside the White House — said the Pope’s humility during his visit had highlighted what he called Mr Xi’s arrogance.
“The Pope was praying with the homeless and said we are all equal in the eyes of God, the real father. Xi thinks he’s the father of the Chinese people — he has assumed the power of God,” Dr Ming said.
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Chinese media focuses on the pomp around Xi, but American interest lies with the Pontiff
Last week, Chinese President Xi Jinping enjoyed the symbolic high point of his first state visit to the United States — a 21-gun salute given as he stood with President Barack Obama outside the White House.
For most Americans, it was a sideshow on Friday morning: The main news networks were deep into their fourth straight day of blanket coverage of Pope Francis’ historic US visit.
Mr Xi’s US trip has — at least in terms of American media coverage — been firmly overshadowed by the wildly popular Pontiff, raising questions about its timing and contrasting sharply with the wall-to-wall coverage of Mr Xi by Chinese media.
China’s tightly controlled state media has focused heavily on the pomp, ceremony and shows of respect Mr Xi has been treated to in Seattle and then Washington. The adoring domestic coverage is important for Mr Xi, who is grappling with Chinese market instability and a flagging economy at a time when he is seeking to consolidate his grip on the leadership ahead of a crucial Communist Party congress in 2017.
On a visit to a high school in Tacoma, near Seattle — where Mr Xi and singer wife Peng Liyuan were serenaded by the school choir — state television showed children screaming their appreciation.
A day earlier, Mr Xi had quoted Martin Luther King and sprinkled references to American pop culture into his speech to tech executives.
China has also stressed Mr Xi’s personal connection to the US, with the official Xinhua news agency carrying a video on its Facebook page — not mentioning that Facebook is blocked in China — showing him putting on a friendly face for Americans.
“From Iowa visitor to White House guest,” the English-language video explains, referring to a brief 1985 visit when Mr Xi was an animal-feed official in Hebei, Iowa’s sister province.
The Pope’s visit to the US, by contrast, has barely featured in the Chinese media. The Vatican has had no formal diplomatic ties to Beijing since shortly after the Communist Party took power in 1949.
Pope Francis, the most socially progressive Pope in generations, has drawn large crowds and the kind of welcome normally reserved for rock stars during his first US visit, which ended in Philadelphia yesterday.
“Live” US news networks have hung on to his every word and step.
ONE-SIDED MEDIA BATTLE
Talk of the Pope dwarfed any attention given to Mr Xi’s visit, according to data provided by MediaMiser, which tracks news and media content online, and on television and radio.
From Aug 26 to Sept 25, tweets in the US about Pope Francis topped 765,000, compared to 107,000 for Mr Xi, according to MediaMiser.
Online articles from Sept 20 to Sept 24 mentioned the Pope nearly four times more than Mr Xi. On television, the Pope was mentioned more than 25 times more.
Under Mr Xi, US-Chinese relations are at a low, hurt by tensions over cyber theft and China’s assertive moves in Asian maritime disputes.
“To be contrasted with someone who has no military, no economic might and be completely eclipsed, I think it’s astounding. I don’t think the Chinese are noticing the contrast in messages,” said Mr Jorge Guajardo, the former Mexican ambassador to China from 2007 to 2013, who lives in Washington.
Chinese officials played down any suggestion the Pope’s visit had eclipsed Mr Xi’s.
“The Pope’s visit, we noticed that and that ... he is welcomed by the public. His visit has his own bearing here. President Xi’s visit has its own bearing,” said Chinese delegation spokesman Lu Kang.
Chinese officials have kept security around Mr Xi’s trip particularly tight, limiting his ability to go off script and interact with the public.
Officials in Tacoma said the security preparations for his visit had been gruelling.
Dr Ming Xia, a political science professor at New York’s City University — who travelled to take part in an anti-Xi protest outside the White House — said the Pope’s humility during his visit had highlighted what he called Mr Xi’s arrogance.
“The Pope was praying with the homeless and said we are all equal in the eyes of God, the real father. Xi thinks he’s the father of the Chinese people — he has assumed the power of God,” Dr Ming said.
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