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The Leaning Towers Of Beijing

2012-02-16-archdailyreal.jpg | Posted 05.24.2012

Read More: CCTV China, Ole Scheeren, Cctv, Cctv Headquarters, Architecture, Rem Koolhaas, Cctv Headquarters China, Slideexpand, Culture News

By Nico Saieh (click here for original article) CCTV/OMA Partners-in-charge: Rem Koolhaas and Ole Scheeren, designers, David Gianotten, photogra...

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Is This 'Angel-Like Spirit' Caught On Camera Real?

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Indonesia Weird, Video, Indonesia, Angel-Like Spirit, Cctv, Winged Being on Camera, Spirit Caught on Security Camera, Caught on Camera, Weird Photos & Videos, Angel Caught on Camera, Weird News News

Is it the work of a holy being, or a homely prankster? A security video taken on Sept. 11 last year -- reportedly at the Cilandak Town Square in Ja...

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How the Supreme Court Aids Government-Controlled Speech

Jim Sleeper | Posted 05.25.2012

Read More: State Capitalism, Fox News, Cnn, Cctv, Citizens United, Pbs Newshour, Media News
Jim Sleeper

Few of us who oppose the past century of corporate "personhood" jurisprudence would accept government censorship. But we do wonder why conservatives are so accepting of the Chinese Communist government setting up and censoring a corporation that employs American reporters.

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Chinese State TV Launches American Service

AP | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: CCTV China, China CCTV, China News, Chinese Media, CCTV American Launch, CCTV America, Cctv, China, China Media, China State Tv, Ap, Chinese State TV, Media News

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese state broadcaster CCTV is launching its American service this week as part of a major overseas expansion aimed at boosting Ch...

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China's Worldview Imperative: Don't Rock Our Boat

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 07.31.2011

Read More: Crackdown, Ant Apartments, Jwt, Jasmine Revolution, Hu Jintao, Death Penalty in China, Chinese Dream, Silent Walking Protests, Armani, Cctv, Zhang Miao, Harmony in China, Declaration of Independence, China as Superpower, Egypt Revolution, Middle Kingdom, Chinese Pragmatism, Yao Jiaxing, Chinese Worldview, Chinese Legal System, Chinese Anxiety, Ai Weiwei, Micro-Bloggers, Xi Jinpin, Stability in China, Japan Tsunami, Meritocracy, Chinese Central Government, Wen Jiaboa, Japan Earthquake, Human Rights, Fujian Provence, Chinese Middle Class, Ccp, Chinese Optimism, World News
Tom Doctoroff

Everything that registers on China's international -- and, for that matter, domestic -- radar does so because it, directly or indirectly, impacts stability.

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Tiger Bone Wine Uncovered By Chinese Journalists (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tiger Endangered, Northeast Tiger Exhibition Center, Tiger, Cctv, Chinese Journalists, Endangered Species, Animals, Tiger Bone Wine, Video, Green News

Chinese state journalists at CCTV have uncovered wine that's said to be made from endangered tigers at the Northeast Tiger Exhibition Centre, Reuters ...

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198-Foursquare: The Unfollowed Life Is Not Worth Living

Ali MacLean | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1984, Foursquare, Stalker, Social Networking, George Orwell, Homeland Security, Cctv, Hollywood Boulevard, Sunset Boulevard, Facebook Privacy, Lojack, Facebook, Wilshire, Starbucks, Gps, Big Brother, Ted Bundy, Comedy News
Ali MacLean

3:00 pm: Ali has just 'checked in' to Dr. Finkelstein's OBGYN office on Wilshire Boulevard. 3:33 pm: Dr. Finkelstein has just checked into Ali.

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Bloomberg In London To Observe Transit CCTV

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tube Cameras, Terrorism Cameras, Subway Cameras, Security Cameras Nyc, Cctv, London CCTV, Subway Cameras New York, Bloomberg London, New York News

LONDON — New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited Britain's capital in a fact-finding mission Tuesday in the wake of the thwarted Times Squ...

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Wheelchair-Bound Tourist Viciously Beaten At Train Station (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Australia Crime, Australia, Wheelchair, Man Dumped From Wheelchair, Cctv, Video, World News

Police in Australia have charged two assailants who beat a wheelchair-bound Canadian tourist with a metal bar. The man, 35, had been heading to his g...

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Hamas Chief Killing: Dubai Releases CCTV Footage Of 15 New Suspects (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh Killing, Security Footage, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh Assassination, Mossad, Dubai Killing, Dubai Murder, Hamas, Cctv, Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, Dubai, Mossad Assassination, Dubai Assassination, Mossad Dubai Killing, Dubai CCTV, World News

Dubai has released new CCTV footage related to the apparent assassination of Mahmoud al-Mahmouh, the top Hamas commander killed in a Dubai hotel last ...

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Chinese Drunk Driver Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chinese New Year, China Driving, Shandong Province, Drunk Driving, China, Dui, Cctv, Video, World News

An apparently drunk driver in China has been caught by CCTV as he drove through barriers and into oncoming traffic. The driver, who had been celebrat...

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Foreign Arabic-Language TV: An Exercise in Futility?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Al Hayat, Trt, Russian, French, An-Nahar, Al Arabiya, BBC Arabic TV, Al Jazeera, Atlantic, Berlin, Al Hurra, Turkish, American, Euronews, Arab World, Cctv, Chinese, Voice of America, France, North Africa, Radio Sawa, Middle East, Deutsche Welle, Moscow, Saudi Arabia, Asharq Al-Awsat, Uncle Sam, British, Russia Today, Al Manar, Arabian Gulf, France 24, Media News
Magda Abu-Fadil

They're tripping over each other. American, British, French, Russian, Chinese and Turkish satellite TV channels want a piece of the Arab viewers' p...

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NFL Sets Its Sights On China With Reality TV Show "NFL Blitz"

Washington Post | Les Carpenter | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mayday, Taiwan, Football, Reality TV, Beijing, Cctv, China, Nfl, Business, NFL Blitz, Entertainment, American Culture, Sports, World News

For years the NFL, which kicks off its regular season in full on Sunday, has been the most lucrative sports league in the world, generating an estimat...

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How Beijing Butchered Sean Penn's "Commie, Homo-Loving" Oscar Speech

David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Star TV, Award Season, Milk, Sean Penn, The Oscars, Cctv, Harvey Milk, Sean Penn Milk, Oscars 2009, Asia Oscars Censorship, China Oscars Censorship, Oscars, Asia, Sean Penn Oscar Speech, Censorship, Chinese Censorship, Dustin Lance Black, Sean-Penn-Oscars-Speech, Sean Penn Prop. 8, China Gay Rights, China Censorship, Dustin Lance Black China, Sean Penn Academy Award, Dustin Lance Black Acceptance Speech, Entertainment News
David Flumenbaum

Around Asia, mentions of "gay" or "lesbian" were muted out of the Oscars broadcast. But the award for the most creative censorship method goes to China's CCTV for its work during Sean Penn's speech.

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Obama's Trip to Europe

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Summer 2001, Demonstrations, Antiglobalization, Protests, 9/11, Obama, Oxfam, Cctv, Eu, Bush Jr., Christian Groups, London, Seattle, g20, Anarchists, Genoa, Seattle Anarchists, Obama g20, G-20 Summit Obama, Heather Mills, Battle in Seattle, Obama G-20 Summit, Obama g20 Summit, Global Financial Crisis, Gothenburg, World News
Vivian Norris

Eight years after Bush ignored protesters at the EU meeting in Goethenberg, Obama is arriving in Europe for the London G20 talks. One thing is for sure...this time the leaders need to listen.

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Rui Chenggang China Televsion Personality Is Newest Face Of Capitalism

New York Times | DAVID BARBOZA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING -- At just 31 years old, Rui Chenggang has emerged as the media face of Chinese capitalism: young, smart and, to the dismay of some, deeply na...

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CCTV Headquarters Fire: Rem Koolhaas Tower In Beijing Survives Blaze (UPDATED)

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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***UPDATE 1/10*** The TVCC tower, which caught fire Monday evening due to an unauthorized fireworks display, has survived the massive blaze. As the G...

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