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China State TV's Distinctive Headquarters

AP | DIDI TANG | Posted 05.16.2012

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BEIJING (AP) — The futuristic building — with two leaning towers linked with a 90-degree twist at the top — has attracted much controversy since...

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Melissa Chan, Journalist Expelled From China, Reflects On Experience

latimes.com | Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times | Posted 05.14.2012

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After filing 400 stories from China, reporter Melissa Chan never thought she'd wind up in the headlines herself. Chan returned to Southern Californ...

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How To Stop Rumors In China: Stop Censorship

Committee to Protect Journalists | Posted 05.29.2012

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By Madeline Earp/CPJ Senior Asia Research Associate The sacking of Chongqing party leader Bo Xilai has sparked some entertaining gossip this ...

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McDonald's Apologizes To Chinese People

AP | Posted 03.16.2012

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BEIJING -- Chinese state television has accused McDonald's and French retailer Carrefour of selling expired chicken products in separate incidents ami...

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China Places Strict Limitations On Broadcasters

AP | The Associated Press | Posted 04.15.2012

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SHOWS CAPPED: China's broadcasters can no longer show any foreign TV series during prime time or let such shows make up more than 25 percent of daily ...

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Chinese State TV Launches American Service

AP | Posted 04.09.2012

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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 Government Bans Ads During TV Dramas

AP | Posted 01.29.2012

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BEIJING — China's government is prohibiting television stations from placing advertisements in the middle of TV dramas in a move meant to attrac...

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Another China Rail Accident... Another Cover-Up?

Posted 11.29.2011

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is a new website that delivers English editions of the best foreign-language news and journalism. SHANGHAI - A crash this week on the city's Metro...

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Beijing Papers Taken Over

The Diplomat | Jason Miks | Posted 11.05.2011

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By Jason Miks, The Diplomat Two of Beijing’s most popular and outspoken newspapers have been taken over by the Chinese Communist Party in a...

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Reporters Nearly Brawl With Chinese Officials During Joe Biden Speech

The Huffington Post | Katherine Fung | Posted 10.18.2011

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American reporters on Joe Biden's trip to China are reporting tensions with Chinese officials after they were shoved out of the vice president's speec...

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China Resentences Jailed Journalist Just Weeks Before His Release Date

AP | Posted 08.24.2011

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BEIJING — The lawyer for a Chinese journalist jailed after he wrote about suspected wrongdoing by local officials says the reporter has been sen...

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Chinese Investigative Reporter Dies After Attack

AP | GILLIAN WONG | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — A Chinese journalist died Tuesday from injuries sustained in a gang beating that some say was linked to his investigative work, a coll...

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China Reporter Training: Certification System To Require Marxist Theories Of News

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — China will toughen requirements for reporters by launching a new certification system that requires training in Marxist and communist theo...

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Chinese Newspapers Make Rare Criticism Of Govenrment

AP | CARA ANNA | Posted 05.25.2011

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BEIJING — More than a dozen Chinese newspapers took a rare stand this week against a Mao Zedong-era system blamed for the wide gap between the c...

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Bearing Witness 2.0: You Can't Spin 10,000 Tweets and Camera Phone Uploads

Arianna Huffington | Posted 05.25.2011

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When deadly riots broke out in China last week, the Chinese government sprang into message control mode. It choked off the Internet, blocked Twitter, and deleted updates and videos from social networking sites. At the same time, it invited foreign journalists to take a tour of the area. The Chinese have clearly learned the lessons of Iran. READ MORE Shattering the Right vs. Left Prism Once Again: The Wall Street Journal Goes After Goldman and the Bank Bailout Even the capitalist Bible is taking shots at Wall Street darling Goldman Sachs. We've now reached the point where the only people defending the administration's Wall Street policies are the people benefiting from them -- or their good friends, Tim Geithner and Larry Summers. READ MORE

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China Uighurs Protest Coverage Shows Changes In State Media Blocks

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.25.2011

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News of Sunday's riots in Urumqi, the capital of China's far west Xinjiang region spread quickly on the Internet, where users posted amateur photos an...

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China Censorship Software Law Draws Fire At Home And Abroad

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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China is facing a storm of protest at home and abroad over new regulations requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include software th...

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China Censoring Software Now Required Pre-Installed On All PCs

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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China has issued a sweeping directive requiring all personal computers sold in the country to include sophisticated software that can filter out porno...

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China Bans Foreign Financial News Services

Financial Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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China raised the spectre of renewed international trade friction over market access for foreign financial information providers as the government said...

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China's Lively Blogosphere Has A Field Day With Shoe Throw

Times Online | Jane Macartney in Beijing | Posted 05.25.2011

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China's blogs were abuzz after a shoe-throwing protest at Premier Wen Jiabao in Cambridge yesterday - as state television finally showed footage of wh...

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Reporting for Volunteer Duty at Beijing's Olympic Broadcast Tower

Courtney Woo | Posted 05.25.2011

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I reported for duty at Ling Long Pagoda along with the three other UNC volunteers. Our contracts read "broadcast coordination," but we soon find our post is more accurately termed "help desk assistant."

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Through China's Own Voices: How People Are Feeling Now That the Party's Over

Courtney Woo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Perhaps it's too early to feel melancholy; instead, China is enjoying the afterglow. It has already moved on with more experience and confidence than ever before.

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The "Politics" of an Olympic Pastime: Pin Trading at the 2008 Beijing Olympics

Courtney Woo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Pin trading has consumed almost everyone at the Olympic Green---volunteers, managers, broadcasters, technicians and myself included. I originally resisted this Olympic pastime until I discovered its political undertones.

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Despite Threats of Detention, Ticket Scalping Continues at Beijing's Subway Stations

Courtney Woo | Posted 05.25.2011

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Today, dozens of scalpers stood alone or in pairs inside the underground tunnel leading out of the subway to the Olympic Green Line. Some held signs asking to buy tickets, but most were looking to sell.

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Why the Big Fuss Over Food at Beijing's Concession Stands?

Courtney Woo | Posted 11.17.2011

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The concession stands at Beijing's sporting venues and Olympic Green sell only pre-packaged snacks, typical American stadium fare like chicken fingers and greasy Italian sausages are nowhere to be found.

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