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July 16, 2026

Is China the Demon Western Media Makes It Out to Be? By David Starr A strictly B/W, hopeless scenario. That’s how the Western media reports on the People’s Republic of China (PRC). And it’s not surprising, not because the media is telling the whole truth, but because China has committed what could be called a “sin” in the capitalist world. Implementing and practicing socialism. That’s the bottom-line reason. Not that China has exactly been a workers’ paradise. But it has had positive achievements. Essentially, the government and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have lifted about 850 million people out of poverty over the years. And I would say it has practiced its own version of democracy, which is somewhat contrary to the bourgeois version of democracy. And I would say that both versions have had positive results. There have, of course, been the negatives. China has historically resorted to repressive measures. But so has the United States. A...

The Author

In 1986 while living in Hawai'i, I acknowledged my interests in political and social issues. I became active, joining such groups as the Latin American & Caribbean Solidarity Association (LACASA), Hawai'i Union of Socialists (HUS), and Ka Lehui Hawai'i (The Nation of Hawai'i). I also created "Voices of Change," a publication which came out during the 1990s, as well as getting published in the Honolulu Weekly and Toward Freedom. Now Connecticut-based, I've published articles and commentary in "Reader Supported News," "The Daily Kos" and have been published in the "LA Progressive" and "Covert Action Magazine."

StarrNarrative - Introduction

This blog is called "StarrNarrative" for the following reasons. 1) It's a play on words for my last name. 2) Narrative is another word for story, report and chronicle. As the sub head indicates, it's observations, commentary and news from a Left perspective. Since Left/Progressive sources hardly (if at all) get published in the corporate media, this blog is another source to bring out some inconvenient truths that are virtually absent from the media; truths which may be belittled or offend. It's to get the public exposed to alternative information, a necessary endeavor.