NPR Host Flexing Question Technique

NPR Host Melissa Block to an UN officer regarding China's applying for Intangible Cultural Heritage program: "..., hasn't China been trying to sort of suppress ethnic minorities and in particular Uighur traditions. How can they also be asking to safeguard this tradition?"

Before any answer can be provided, she already projected the impression of China suppressing ethnic minorities and in particular Uighur tradition as a matter of fact and stat quo. As someone who lives in China, and been to the ethnic Uighur areas, I can speak with confidence, based on my own observation, that the Communist Autocracy has always been, promoting ethical cultural for their own advantage.

For the communist Party, their enemy is the Han people who comprises of 90% of the Chinese population. During the communist rule of 50 years, they have successfully reduced the ratio of Han people from 98% to a little shy of 90% nationwide. The reason is simple, an angry Han will overthrow the regime, an angry Urghur can not.

Shame on her, and shame on NPR.

NPR's Michele Martin Wanted to Know Whether A Chinese Student Would Steal Her American Roommate's Toothpaste

On Air in the 'Tell Me More' program, NPR host Michele Martin interviewed two roommates journalism students covering the World Cup in South Africa and the team mentor Knight Professor Joe Ritchie of Florida A&M University. Ritchie worked for the Washington Post as a foreign editor.

Clarece Polke is one of six journalism students from the Florida A&M University; Wang Fan 'Christine', is one of six journalism students from Shantou University of China.

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3:06 Michele: Were you surprised, Christine, that there were so many Chinese there?
3:10 Christine: No, because before I came here, I knew there were a large Chinese population here. So it's not quite surprising to me.
3:19 Michele: So Clarece, as I understand, you and Christine are roommates?
3:22 Christine & Clarece: Yes we are.
3:24 Michele: How are you guys getting along?
3:27 Clarece: Oh, We love it, she's like a buddy.
3:28 Martin: She's not stealing your toothpaste,..(pause).., or anything like that?
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I didn't get the joke, did you? What kind of joke was that?

The July 1, 2010 edition of the NPR 'Tell Me More'/'Budding Journalists Take On World Cup' audio in its entire length (12:21) is accessible from NPR website http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128241972.