http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/24/asia-asian-vs-western-media/ The world is talking. Are you listening? Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:28:23 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/24/asia-asian-vs-western-media/comment-page-1/#comment-1029786 Dennis McDonald Tue, 24 Apr 2007 15:29:11 +0000 http://www.globalvoicesonline.org/2007/04/24/asia-asian-vs-western-media/#comment-1029786 I have a serious question: just WHY is it that "...Asia’s governments cannot, for the life of them, keep their grubby mitts off the media"? Is it simply a question of political control by a ruling elite? Or is there something else at work that can only be understood by someone with an understanding of Asian history and culture? A related question is, if there is so much resistance to Western culture in Asian countries, why are some governments so slow in fighting software and media piracy? I have a serious question: just WHY is it that “…Asia’s governments cannot, for the life of them, keep their grubby mitts off the media”? Is it simply a question of political control by a ruling elite? Or is there something else at work that can only be understood by someone with an understanding of Asian history and culture? A related question is, if there is so much resistance to Western culture in Asian countries, why are some governments so slow in fighting software and media piracy?

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