Charlie Rose

wtt  08/30/2007 10:34 PM Report

Dear Charlie,

I love your shows very much and I believe it is great that you put all of your shows online for us to viewing. I am a Chinese student and i will continue to watch your shows and introduce its to my friends. I believe your good conversation would bring these two nations together...

Joyce Beelman  07/24/2007 08:01 AM Report

Thank you for having the Chinese Information Vice Minister on your show. I am living in Bristol as a student and find that over half the residences are occupied by Chinese. They stick together and are rather unfriendly to other students. One Finnish student summed it up: "There are the Chinese and then there are rest of us." Probably this has been the US position in the past. I would recommend that Chinese universities do what American universities do: advise their students how to behave in a foreign country. Chinese students have a long way to go, and are actually leaving a negative impression here. Of course, many of them are very young.

Mark  07/24/2007 02:29 AM Report

Charlie, it's great you are doing a series on China.

Could you please do all of us a favor and pronounce "Beijing" correctly?

The j in Beijing should be spoken just like the j in "jingle bells." Of course the country seems exotic, but there is no need to gratuitously change Beijing into Beizhhhing. Think Joe, not Zsazsa. You are making it way too difficult. The easy pronunciation is the correct one.

Several of us wrote a letter raising this issue to a few of the top news anchors some years ago and, perhaps because the letter was signed by some big name China scholars, the anchors took note and corrected their pronunciation. I'm hoping you will do the same for modest little me with my semi-anonymous comment.

The person who does the voice reading the translations into English needs the same advice. Please pass it on. Thanks.

a viewer  07/23/2007 06:26 PM Report

There is no way to achieve understanding between peoples without talking to each other directly, especially between Chinese and Americans, Charlie Rose's series of inteview is a good start.

The interviews are refreshing. We don't need to agree with each other, but we need to listen to what people say, in their own original words.

Why some propagandists like this "Judith" are so afraid of these interviews?

Sandra Bellinger  07/23/2007 01:48 PM Report

How can I order all segments of the week long interviews on China Today: A Report from Beijing. They are not available on Amazon.com

thanks,

Jeanne Amato  07/22/2007 02:48 PM Report

Thank you, Charlie, for providing a dialog with China. This is so important to world peace and my personal understanding.

Allen E Shaw  07/20/2007 10:09 PM Report

First I made a mistake and did not hear you on the television or VCR. My reception was not very good when I reviewed your podcast. I don't miss many of your programs.

I believe that your visit to China can only help us understand the hard road we have to travel as we try to bring two nations togeather.

I am glad you are available these days to help us as we come closer togeather in this world. You will be attacked by those who hate and those who love. Keep to the middle as you have done and in the end most of us will be better off. Thank you for your years of assisting me in my education of the real world.

Derek Hoiem  07/20/2007 05:16 PM Report

I thought Charlie's interview with the vice minister, while diplomatic, was surprisingly aggressive. We can best learn about China's political and human rights violations from external observers and sources. What we can best learn from these interviews is how China wants to be perceived. I think Charlie's questions are effective at teasing out answers to that.

Judith  07/20/2007 02:03 PM Report

You may walk a fine line between being a conduit for lying propagands versus losing access to guests if you offend them. Perhaps you could remedy the whitewashing by these Chinese officials of China's human rights abuses by having other guests on your program who could inform us about such abuses, including the tragedy of Tibet.

Judith  07/20/2007 01:24 PM Report

Postscript to my previous comment (the first one about this program):

Charlie, if you were not required for this first trip to China to handle these officials with kid gloves as a condition of gaining access, perhaps you felt they would never agree to talk with you again if you confronted them, e.g., about Tibet? Again, please clarify this for your American viewers. I wonder if you sometimes feel this way as well about your other politician guests when they talk drivelly politician-speak, as Faraz Hussain described (above). We know you can go after people when you want to. You squeezed Craig (Craigslist) very well, but I bet he will be delighted to return to your show regardless.

Faraz Hussain  07/20/2007 12:57 PM Report

Unfortunately I find very little 'nuts and bolts'in these discussions with Chinese officials. It is typical diplomatic-speak, i.e saying everything while not really saying anything at all. The comments are too generalized and can be interpreted however you like. This is a problem whenever you interview a government serveant, so my comments are nothing against China or Charlie Rose. My dad was a former Ambassador, so I have been well trained in how to spot this type of talk :-)

Judith  07/20/2007 12:33 PM Report

Dear Charlie, I've been distressed that you have given these Chinese officials a pass when they claim China has no interest in dominating other countries, annexing territory, etc., and that if we fear China, it is because we misunderstand China. What about Tibet? I am wondering whether you felt constrained to handle these officials with kid gloves, perhaps as a condition of gaining access. If so, I would appreciate it if you could remedy this gap by explaining to your American viewers the constraints, if any, that you felt you had to abide by....In general, I am immeasurably enriched by your program.