Experts urge media to report objectively

Media in China and Japan should accept their social responsibility and strengthen mutual communication to help build warm bilateral ties, experts said at a parallel session of the Fifth Beijing-Tokyo Forum in Dalian yesterday.

According to a recent poll, "more than 90 percent" of Chinese and Japanese acquire information about each other's countries through print, online and digital media.

"Media alone doesn't influence public opinion, but media does bear a heavy responsibility when it comes to communication between two countries. Many mutual misunderstandings could occur if media fails to report the facts objectively," said Ma Weigong, deputy editor-in-chief of China Radio International.