专家疾呼：不要妖魔化三峡工程

江民娟

China news, Beijing, Nov. 28—Recently, some foreign media published some articles that described the Chinese Three Gorges Dam project as something like “a monster” or “a bomb.”

In response to this, a scientist said on Tuesday that he hoped foreign media could report about China objectively. Chinese people welcome foreign friends to give adequate remarks about Chinese projects, but not demonize China, he said.

The statement was made by Pan Jiazheng, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and also an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

In a press conference, Pan said as a normal citizen, he had always respected foreign media and foreign journalists because the reports they made were usually objective and fair. However, recently, he found that some foreign media and foreign journalists hold a strong prejudice against China. In their reports, they said nothing about the achievements and contributions that China had made. On the other hand, they played up, distorted, or even invented stories about problems in China.

This would do nothing good to enhance the friendship between China and other countries. With regard to Chinese Three Gorges Dam project, Pan had displayed some of the reports made by foreign media. In most of these reports, the project was described as “a monster along the Yangtze River”, or “a bomb that contributes to global warming.” In some reports, it was said that the water in the Three Gorges Dam was “as dark as soybean source.”

As an individual Chinese citizen, Pan said he had devoted the latter half of his life to the project. He felt very upset when he saw that some people described the project in this way. He hoped that foreign media could report on China in an objective way. Chinese people welcomed foreign friends to give their adequate remarks about China, even if the remarks might appear strict. However, they should not demonize China.

11月28日来自北京的消息，最近一些外国媒体发表了一些文章，这些文章把三峡工程比喻为“恶魔”或“原子弹”。

作为回应，星期二一位科学家公开声明，他希望国外媒体能客观地报道中国。中国人民欢迎外国朋友对中国的工程作出合适的评论，而不是中伤中国。

发表这一声明的是中国社科院院士同时也是中国工程院院士潘佳正。

在一次记者招待会上，潘说作为一个正常的公民，他一直尊敬国外媒体和新闻工作者，因为他们的报道通常是客观公正的。然而，最近他却发现一些国外媒体和新闻工作者对中国带有极大的偏见。在他们的报道中，他们对中国所取得的成就和作出的贡献只字未提，但却歪曲甚至捏造事实来对中国的问题进行非议。

这对发展中国和其他国家之间的友谊是有百害而无一利的。潘展示了一些国外谋体关于三峡工程的报道。很大一部分报道把三峡工程形容成“扬子江上的恶魔”或者说是“能加剧温室效应的一颗原子弹”。还有一些报道说三峡的水黑如酱油。

作为中国公民的一员，潘说他为三峡工程付出了他的后半生。看到有人这样来形容三峡，他感到很痛心。他希望国外媒体能以一种客观的方式来报道中国。中国人民欢迎外国朋友对中国作出合适的评论，即使这些评论听起来比较严苛也好，但是他们没有权利中伤中国。