China and the United States are two countries with quite different histories, philosophies, values and political systems and because of these difference, the two countries have two quite different media. The most notable or maybe the most fundamental difference lies in the relationships of these two media with their respective governments. The Chinese medium is often a part of the government and the U.S.' medium is basically privatively owned. This makes them almost two different things, like an apple and an orange. In most of the case, one can not use one as the standard to criticize the other and vice versa.