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Koppel is a good and fair minded journalist

That is reaching a bit farther than many would be willing to agree with. Koppel is respected for his many years of service, but before 'retiring' he had definitely become an "activist" journalist - pushing his own agenda and viewpoint rather than simply reporting as a "fair minded journalist" would do.

Sadly, in today's entertainment driven news outlets today - fair minded journalists are extremely rare.

Ted Koppel good and fair-minded? You must be joking - Ted Koppel is the very model of the biased journalist who abuses his position in order to advance his own agenda.

Let's not confuse "fair-minded" with "agrees with my prejudices". Unfortunately, that's what it's come to mean these days.

I am not Chinese (live in US), but some of the phrases he used in the first episode are biased.

I laugh at all the Americans that somehow think they are owed jobs and act very entitled. They are seeing how having little to no education is not a good thing.

I am very happy for the Chinese students that are going to school and spending 50% of their yearly income just go get a head. I wish them the best.

i watched the first episode of this last night. Very disappointing. It conveyed 2 or 3 points of view in one hour, none of them unknown to anyone who spend more than 5 minutes per day reading any newspaper.

For those of you who are wondering, these points are: Chinese labors are cheap and will be so; there are some rich guys in China as well; U.S. loses its jobs to China but also benefits from it. Koppel implied that this trend is not reversible.

I like the topic but...tell me something new or interesting or inspiring. If you can not, tell the story efficiently.

Is it possible that people are so used to taking sides these days that a fair and balanced analysis to them looks like hatred? Just something to think about...

Ted Koppel did a great job on this series, I spend 15 weeks per year in China, mostly in Chongqing and his comments and interviews are very accurate.

Saw it last night. Why so much coverage on night clubs, gay bars, brothels? I thought it was Fox doing a piece on Thailand.

I think Koppel did a good job in painting the picture of what is going on in China. I travel there from time to time for both business and leisure. I honestly feel that there are still many people who have no idea how China is changing so dramatically and in such a short period of time. Each time I visit I am amazed by the changes from the last visit. Sure you can read about things in the newspaper, but seeing it on camera gives a new perspective I feel. The think the whole bit regarding the bars and brothels shows how China has changed to a point where this sort of thing is allowed. I think it shows a parallel with the sexual revolution in the US. Again, all this changes are very parallel to our own, but the novel thing is that it is happening at a much faster pace that the growing pains are a very stressful burden on the people I feel.