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The Leaning Towers Of Beijing

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

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

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

The Huffington Post | Andy Campbell | Posted 05.14.2012

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...

How the Supreme Court Aids Government-Controlled Speech

Jim Sleeper | Posted 05.25.2012

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.

Chinese State TV Launches American Service

AP | Posted 04.09.2012

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

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

Tom Doctoroff | Posted 07.31.2011

Tom Doctoroff

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

Tiger Bone Wine Uncovered By Chinese Journalists (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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

198-Foursquare: The Unfollowed Life Is Not Worth Living

Ali MacLean | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Bloomberg In London To Observe Transit CCTV

AP | SYLVIA HUI | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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

Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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

Posted 05.25.2011

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 ...

Chinese Drunk Driver Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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...

Foreign Arabic-Language TV: An Exercise in Futility?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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

Washington Post | Les Carpenter | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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

David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Obama's Trip to Europe

Vivian Norris | Posted 05.25.2011

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.

Rui Chenggang China Televsion Personality Is Newest Face Of Capitalism

New York Times | DAVID BARBOZA | Posted 05.25.2011

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...

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

Huffington Post | David Flumenbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

***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...