FWIW, the Taiwanese media (especially television news) covered the South Korean crash extensively but had little coverage of one in Azerbaijan.
I'm pretty sure the Taiwanese focus on South Korea had little to do with PRC sensibilities. Taiwan and South Korea are cousins. There was a lot concern about whether a crash like this might occur in Taiwan. Taiwanese tourists visit South Korea frequently. Jeju is a popular destination. It seems to me that Taiwanese were naturally interested in this topic that occured in the neighborhood. Azerbaijan is a distant country that few Taiwanese have heard of let alone visited.
Thanks, and no, you're absolutely right. Closeness, brethren, and scale of the disaster definitely amplified the differences. Also, it's noticeable how coverage of the Jeju accident also dropped off quickly a day later. Perhaps a swing and a miss on this one. Oh well.
Correction: The cause of the plane crash in Azerbaijan is still unknown, but is likely a bird strike.
Portions of the cockpit voice recorder have now been released, and features the pilots talking about a bird strike.
It seems that at least in this case, Chinese media got it more correct than Western journalists, who immediately started to run with a spurious shoot-down narrative.
Either you stopped reading, or you're being disengenious. Pilot recording were released almost immediately. Azerbaijani investigators, experts concluded quickly shrapnel damage was consistent with a missile strike. OSINT also managed to work out exactly which Russian battalion fired, lining it up with pilot recordings.
FWIW, the Taiwanese media (especially television news) covered the South Korean crash extensively but had little coverage of one in Azerbaijan.
I'm pretty sure the Taiwanese focus on South Korea had little to do with PRC sensibilities. Taiwan and South Korea are cousins. There was a lot concern about whether a crash like this might occur in Taiwan. Taiwanese tourists visit South Korea frequently. Jeju is a popular destination. It seems to me that Taiwanese were naturally interested in this topic that occured in the neighborhood. Azerbaijan is a distant country that few Taiwanese have heard of let alone visited.
I'm really enjoying your writing here.
Thanks, and no, you're absolutely right. Closeness, brethren, and scale of the disaster definitely amplified the differences. Also, it's noticeable how coverage of the Jeju accident also dropped off quickly a day later. Perhaps a swing and a miss on this one. Oh well.
Coverage went on for days in Taiwan. It was like the crash happened here.
Correction: The cause of the plane crash in Azerbaijan is still unknown, but is likely a bird strike.
Portions of the cockpit voice recorder have now been released, and features the pilots talking about a bird strike.
It seems that at least in this case, Chinese media got it more correct than Western journalists, who immediately started to run with a spurious shoot-down narrative.
Either you stopped reading, or you're being disengenious. Pilot recording were released almost immediately. Azerbaijani investigators, experts concluded quickly shrapnel damage was consistent with a missile strike. OSINT also managed to work out exactly which Russian battalion fired, lining it up with pilot recordings.