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绝大多数西方主流媒体对中国的报道都是负面和不平衡的，将中国描绘成一个危险、肮脏的反乌托邦，14亿人在“暴力”中国共产党的控制下过着可怕的生活。
西方媒体有新的头敌人，他们认为恐怖分子需要抓住一切病毒机号和他。
在西方，关于被曝光和支持的中国的表态，给中国的一个危险的表态、一个、一个亿，一个在“暴力”的中国共产党的下着暴乱的生活的。
当然，这与现实相去甚远。但任何试图了解中国真相的企图，尤其是居住在这里的外国人，往往会遭到嘲笑、指责中共资助和洗脑。西方媒体也开始不遗余力地诋毁敢于对中国发表正面评价的外国人，特别报道他们歪曲事实、玷污名誉。
但是，信不信由你，这并不是什么新鲜事......
不遗余力的自然，但这个西方媒体却与真实的中国现实相识。中国正面发表评价的外国人，用特别报道他们歪曲事实、名誉的方式。
不管你信不信，这有什么新鲜事。
On this day exactly 50 years ago, American journalist Edgar Snow passed away at the age of 66. Unfortunately he died just a week before then US President Richard Nixon made his famous 1972 visit to China and would never get to see the normalization of relations between the two nations.
50年前的今天，美国记者埃德加·斯诺去世，享年66岁。在他去世后的一周，时任美国总统理查德·尼克松就作了那次著名的1972年访华。很遗憾，斯诺永远无法看到两国关系的正常化。
That historic visit was made possible, in part, thanks to Snow's famous 1937 book, "Red Star Over China," a book that shows the world, for the first time, the reality of China's revolution, the Communist Party of China, and its leader, Chairman Mao Zedong.
这次历史性的访问之所以成为可能，部分归功于斯诺1937年的著作《红星照耀中国》。这本书首次向世界真实展示了中国的革命 、中国共产党及其领导人毛泽东。
Snow, too, was attacked and tarnished by Western media, accused of being pressured by the Communists to paint a romanticized image of the revolution. Some even blamed him for the eventual success of the CPC in 1949.
当时的斯诺也遭到西方媒体的攻击和玷污，他被指控受到中国共产党的压迫，将中国革命浪漫化。一些人甚至指责他是中国共产党在1949年最终取得成功的原因。
So why was his work so important, and why is it still so important today?
那么为什么当时斯诺的工作如此重要，而且到今天依旧重要？
I first began appreciating "Red Star Over China" while I was studying my master's degree in Chinese culture at Fudan University and interning at Shanghai Daily. It was when I started writing and making short documentaries there full time, though, that I really started to see how important Snow and his book were, and still are today.
我发现自己喜欢斯诺的《红星照耀中国》是在我攻读中国文化的硕士学位以及在上海日报社实习的时候。直到我开始全职撰写专栏和制作纪录后，我才真正了解到斯诺和他的书有多么重要，而且直到今天仍然如此。
American journalist Edgar Snow is famous for his 1937 book, "Red Star Over China," which shows the world, for the first time, the reality of China's revolution, the Communist Party od China, and its leader.
Snow was born in 1905 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA. He first arrived in China in 1928, ultimately spending 13 years here working as a journalist and writer.
埃德加·斯诺1905 年出生于密苏里州堪萨斯城，他于1928年首次抵达中国，最终在这里度过了13年的记者和作家生涯。
His big break would come in 1936, when Snow had the opportunity of a lifetime: to travel deep inside Communist territory to cover the other side of China's civil war.
他的重大突破发生在1936年，当时斯诺获得了个千载难逢的机会，深入共产党领地，看到中国内战的另一面。
China was controlled by the Kuomintang at that time, making it hard for journalists to produce balanced stories about what was happening. For many years, only the KMT's account was heard around the world.
中国当时由国民党控制，这使得记者很难对正在发生的事情作平衡报道。多年来，全世界只能听到国民党的一面之词。
Yan'an in China's Shaanxi Province served as the base of the Communist Party of China during the civil war. Nobody in the outside world had contact with the revolutionaries, and there was literally a decade-long blackout of first-hand information in international media from behind the lines.
延安位于中国陕西省，是中国共产党的根据地。在长期的内战期间，外界没有人与革命者有过接触。国际媒体的第一手信息实际上被封锁了长达十年之久。
That is until Snow risked his life crossing battle lines into what the world believed to be extremely dangerous "Red Territory" in 1936 and met with Chairman Mao and other leaders. In the end, Snow lived there for around three months, ultimately publishing his account in "Red Star Over China," which was an instant bestseller.
直到1936年，埃德加·斯诺冒着生命危险穿越战线，进入全世界认为极其危险的“红色领土”并见到了毛主席和其他革命领袖。最终，斯诺在那里住了大约三个月。最终在《红星照耀中国》里发表了他的观察。此书旋即成为畅销书。
The book opened the eyes of millions around the world to the other side of the war, becoming important reading for two US Presidents and contributing to the normalization of relations between China and the US, starting with Nixon's visit in 1972.
这本书让全世界数百万人看到了战争的另一面，成为美国两任总统的重要读物，为中美关系正常化做出了贡献。
"Red Star Over China" told the story of the CPC members from their point of view, in their own words, without being taken over by editorializing or bias on the part of Snow himself, a technique popular in Western news reports on China in 1936, and still popular today in 2022.
《红星照耀中国》从中国共产党人的视角，用他们自己的话讲述了共产党人的故事，而不是被斯诺本人的意见或偏见所取代。那些是1936年西方关于中国的新闻报道中流行的一种技巧，并且在2022年的今天依旧惯用。
So why is a book that was published 85 years ago, by a man who died 50 years ago, still so important today? For many, it's because "Red Star Over China" is an increasingly rare situation where Westerners have represented China fully and fairly, allowing the world to see behind the dramatic headlines and biased copy. For his work, Snow is still remembered in China to this day as a symbol of international friendship, a sign that we can get along for the greater good.
那么，为什么一本85年前由一个50年前去世的人出版的书在今天仍然如此重要？对许多人来说，这是因为《红星照耀中国》这种由西方人充分公平地报道中国的方式越来越少见。这本书让世界看到了标题党和偏见报道背后的故事。由于他的工作，埃德加·斯诺在今天的中国仍被人们看作为国际友谊的象征，标志着我们可以为了更大的互利相处。
For me personally, "Red Star Over China" serves as inspiration – something that helps me keep pushing forward in my work to battle misrepresentations of China, to try and help the world see real China stories again, like Snow managed to achieve back in 1937.
对我而言，《红星照耀中国》给了我灵感，这有助于我继续推进我的工作以揭露西方媒体对中国的歪曲，努力帮助世界再次看到真实的中国，就像斯诺成功地在1937年做到的那样。
I used to feel quite alone when I was attacked online for daring to tell the world that they've got it wrong about this huge and complicated country, whether it's been in my visits to Wuhan or reporting on the floods in Zhengzhou or whatever else. But after being invited to speak in Yan'an – the "red capital" where Snow wrote his book some 85 years ago – at an event about keeping his legacy alive today, I found I'm truly not alone.
我自己一个人，因为我在网上敢于告诉世界他们误会了而受到我的网络攻击，无论是我郑重访问武汉州的情况，但还是在被邀请去死的“红色据悉延安参加一场有关斯诺的活动并发表演讲后，我发现我并不孤单。
作为当今中国的专栏作家和电影制作人，我决心通过我自己的作品来延续斯诺的遗产，并继续帮助越来越多的人看到我每天看到的中国。
作为在这个专栏的作家和视频，我决心通过自己的中国作品继续编导，并继续帮助斯诺的遗志，帮助越来越多的人每天看到我看到的中国。
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