China's former Director of the State Council Information Office, Zhao Qizheng, says some Western reporters are being unethical in their coverage of the Hong Kong protests. Zhao sat down with CGTN's Han Peng to share his views on better media communication between China and the West.

HAN PENG SHANGHAI "This time in Hong Kong, some western media seem to be very selective. Why do you think this time some of the western reporters are being so unprofessional?"

ZHAO QIZHENG FORMER DIRECTOR OF STATE COUNCIL INFORMATION OFFICE "Most of the media around the world are selective in choosing what they shoot. If a reporter comes to Beijing and he does not like China, for example, he can choose to film a lot more shots of the trash bins than flowers, and still claim to be objective. What he should do is present the real proportion of flowers and trash in Beijing, because the duty of a real journalist is to report the world as it really is, rather than select, if not fake, his coverage. That's why I believe some media are being excessively selective in their reports on Hong Kong, and they have failed to live up to the trust the public puts in them."

HAN PENG SHANGHAI "If we accuse the Western media of hiding some of the facts and trying to be selective, can we tell the world that we are not hiding any single fact in Hong Kong in our report?"

ZHAO QIZHENG FORMER DIRECTOR OF STATE COUNCIL INFORMATION OFFICE "I cannot say Chinese media never missed any facts, but we need to look into the reasons. As for the Western media, not all of them are deliberately against China, either. When I was in charge of the State Council Information Office, I noticed there were some Western reporters who tried very hard to be objective. But unfortunately, when his or her report was filed back to their headquarters, in most cases their boss would say, 'Come on, how can this be true?' And they refused to publish it."