China lashed out at the Western media when doping accusations were made against its champion swimmer Ye Shiwen. Orville Schell, a long-time China observer and author, says in a certain sense, the Western media is biased, though China is not wholly free of blame. Part of it, Schell says, comes down to the fact that not many non-Chinese are rooting for the Chinese at the Olympics and that China manipulates its image to come across flawlessly, deprives people of gladness at their success.
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