At the beginning of September, 2018, Japan was hit by Typhoon Jebi, which is reportedly the worst typhoon to ever hit this country in the last 25 years. Weather analysts rated it as a Category 3 typhoon, and it was expected that its wind speeds will reach up to 115 miles per hour. On September 5th and 6th, 2018, the South China Morning Post newspaper reported the devastating effects that this typhoon had in Japan. According to the newspaper’s article, Typhoon Jebi destroyed property worth billions of dollars and led to indefinite closure of Japan’s Kansai International Airport (South China Morning Post 2018). The article noted airport’s Terminal 1 experienced significant damages and hundreds of passengers were stranded and could not travel to their destinations.
2018年9月初，日本受到台风杰比的袭击，据报道，这是过去25年来袭击日本最严重的台风。气象分析人士将其评为三级台风，预计其风速将达到每小时115英里。2018年9月5日和6日，《南华早报》报道了此次台风对日本造成的破坏性影响。根据该报的文章，台风杰比摧毁了价值数十亿美元的财产，并导致日本关西国际机场无限期关闭（2018年《南华早报》）。文章指出，机场1号航站楼遭受严重损坏，数百名乘客被困，无法前往目的地。
An analysis of the way this event was report in the media reveals a number of issues. To begin with, one of the critical elements that emerge in the way Typhoon Jebi and the closure of Kansai International Airport was report by various media outlets regard the points of view that are presented, in this case, South China Morning Post. To begin with, the South China Morning Post presented a picture that portrayed the Kansai International Airport as a widely used airport by travellers from Hong Kong. In this regard, this newspaper’s article emphasises the inconvenience that travellers from Hong Kong experienced because of the closure of the airport, while at the same time seeking to magnify the failures of the Japanese airport and government officials in providing a clear direction on when the airport was likely to resume its operations again. Speaking from this point of view, despite accurately reporting that the Japanese Kansai International Airport has been closed indefinitely, there is a need to observe that South China Morning Post’s article depicts some form of biasness against the Japan. In this case, rather than focusing on the Typhoon Jebi and its negative impact on the Japanese economy, this article sought to bring out the failures of the Japanese government and airport authorities particularly towards travellers from Hong Kong.
对媒体报道这一事件的方式的分析揭示了一些问题。首先，台风杰比和关西国际机场关闭过程中出现的一个关键因素是各媒体根据《南华早报》的观点进行报道。首先，《南华早报》刊登了一张照片，将关西国际机场描绘成香港旅客广泛使用的机场。在这方面，本报的文章强调了机场关闭给香港旅客带来的不便，与此同时，日本机场和政府官员在为机场何时可能恢复运营提供明确方向方面的失误也被放大了。从这个角度讲，尽管准确地报道了日本关西国际机场已经无限期关闭，但有必要观察到《南华早报》的文章描述了对日本的某种形式的偏见。在这种情况下，本文并没有关注台风杰比及其对日本经济的负面影响，而是试图揭示日本政府和机场管理局的失误，尤其是对来自香港的旅客的失误。
Importantly, there is a need to observe that apart from depicting biasness in its reporting of Typhoon Jebi’s impact on Kansai International Airport, there is a need to observe that the South China Morning Post’s article seeks to emphasise on a certain identity in its reporting. Arguably, an analysis of the article indicates that the writer sought to emphasize the identity of people from Hong Kong, thus making the closure of the airport appear to have affected people from this country more than travellers from other parts of the globe (Jensen, 2011). In particular, there is a persistent use of the word “Hongkongers” in reference to travellers whose home country is Hong Kong. Furthermore, the writer, in referring to the way airport officials handled the closure of the airport notes that a traveller noted that “foreign visitors” were not given proper updates. Note that by doing this, the reporter who wrote this article manages to create a separation between local and foreign travellers. Furthermore, through the use of the word “Hongkongers”, the reporter manages to separate travellers who originate from Hong Kong from travellers from other parts of the globe.
重要的是，需要注意的是，《南华早报》的文章除了在报道台风杰比对关西国际机场的影响时描述了偏见外，还需要注意到《南华早报》的文章试图在报道中强调某种身份。可以说，对文章的分析表明，作者试图强调香港人的身份，因此，关闭机场似乎比来自全球其他地区的旅客对这个的人的影响更大（Jensen，2011）。特别是，经常使用“香港人”一词来指原籍国为香港的旅行者。此外，作者在提到机场官员处理机场关闭的方式时指出，一名旅客指出，“外国游客”没有得到适当的更新。请注意，通过这样做，撰写本文的记者成功地在本地和外国旅行者之间建立了一种隔离。此外，通过使用“香港人”一词，记者设法将来自香港的旅客与来自世界其他地区的旅客区分开来。