China slams Argentina for 'discriminatory' trade measures

China on Thursday accused Argentina of using "abnormal and discriminatory" trade measures, escalating a dispute that erupted last month when China suspended imports of soy oil from the South American nation. Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Jon Mitchell - Apr 22, 2010 - 4:19 AM PDT
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Edited by: Fabrice Florin - Apr 28, 2010 - 12:57 AM PDT

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Kristin Gorski
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by Kristin Gorski - Apr. 24, 2010

It's difficult to discern what the real story is here, as only one source is cited. The article touches on what are clearly global issues but doesn't present the information in an organized or meaningful way.

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Jon Mitchell
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by Jon Mitchell - Apr. 24, 2010

Everything in this article comes from an official Chinese source. It doesn't even include a comment from Argentina, let alone any independent information. This is a category of bad journalism that is made easy by the internet: repeating he-said-she-said exchanges from political figures without any further analysis.

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Fabrice Florin
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by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 24, 2010

This is a great example of bad journalism. The story draws its information from a single, secondary source (Xinhua news report quoting Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Jiang Yaoping ), and makes no attempt to verify any of its assertions, or seek comments from other sources or stakeholders. As a result, it unfairly presents the Chinese government's point of view, offering a distorted and superficial view of this news event. On these grounds alone, I consider this article to be misinformation.

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Patricia L'Herrou
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by Patricia L'Herrou - Apr. 22, 2010

there may be something interesting about the relationship between these two countries here, but what exactly it is, is unknown from this report. there are some trade figures included, but there are no sources or voices beyond one chinese official on chinese media.

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Scott Ruecker
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by Scott Ruecker - May. 6, 2010

No, all info comes from one source and no cross checking of facts was done.

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Isaac Traister
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by Isaac Traister - Apr. 24, 2010

My review makes the article look better than it actually is. The article is factual, relevant and does show a certain amount of context but it uses the chinese government as an infallible source.

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