German media mispronounced the name of “indifferent coverage” of the Beijing Winter Olympics, even German reporters couldn’t see it | Blog Post

Hebei became “Hebai”, Su Yiming became “Jeming Su”, and German TV stations incorrectly broadcast the names of some sports venues and Chinese athletes when broadcasting the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. On the 19th, he published a critical article “German indifference and arrogance”, accusing this behavior of being quite wrong.

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung criticized article: German indifference and arrogance.

“It’s not glorious” – Derek Berger, China correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, pointed out in the article that “the image of China shown on German TV is quite distorted” and even “the names of the Chinese athletes and the venues are wrong. “, an act that shows “Germany’s narrow view of the host country”.

She pointed out that Su Yiming, who won the gold medal in the men’s snowboard platform jumping competition and the silver medal in the men’s snowboard steeplechase skill at the Beijing Winter Olympics, is one of the most successful and coolest athletes in the Winter Olympics. “But the Chinese athlete didn’t even appear on German TV, at least not under his real name.” He was called “Jingming Su” or “Jeming Su” (probably Yiming Su) by German TV. In addition, German TV stations also made mistakes in their reports on the venues of the Beijing Winter Olympics. Yanqing became “Janking”, Shougang became “Schuang”, and Hebei became “Hebai”.

Some Germans complained that they mightn’t stand German TV and might only watch Eurosport.

Su Yiming picked gold.

“This is Germany’s indifference and arrogance to the host country!” Berg wrote in the article, German media politicize sports, but the Beijing Winter Olympics deserve more curiosity. She lamented the German TV’s approach, which “unfortunately is typical of dealing with China.”

Berg also mentioned in the article that in terms of economy, China will become Germany’s most important trading partner for the sixth consecutive year in 2021 and the most important sales market for the German auto industry. “In sports, it is not the first time that China has appeared on the world stage. At the end of the Beijing Winter Olympics, China ranked third in the gold medal list, and the Chinese delegation to the last PyeongChang 2018 was ranked 16th.”

At the end of the article, Berg wrote that it is true that Germans are not familiar with Chinese athletes compared to some famous German athletes. “For months, they were blocked by the German media during training and games, so the Germans didn’t know anything regarding them. But these Chinese names should catch on by now.”

It can be seen from this article that one of the reasons for foreigners’ prejudice once morest China is that they only see China through the filter of their own media.