Prevented from criticizing the country’s leaders and reporting fully and objectively on domestic affairs, China’s media often finds it expedient to turn its critical gaze outwards. This is politically safe, since, in one sense, to criticize the outside world, especially countries such as Japan and the US, is to praise China’s government.
由于不能批评国家领导人或详细客观地报道国内事务，权宜之下，中国媒体通常把批评矛头指向国外。从政治上来说，这是安全的，因为从某种角度而言，批评外面的世界，尤其是日本和美国这样的国家，就是表扬中国政府。