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New Africa Scramble: China Has Economic Might but Lacks Brazil's "Soft Power" Edge

Nikolas Kozloff | Posted 04.24.2013 | World
Nikolas Kozloff

Brazilian financial institutions are technically prohibited from financing corporations operating in unstable markets. As a result, Brazilian firms don't receive nearly as much support as their Chinese counterparts. So, who is succeeding in the battle for public relations?

WATCH: The Unprovoked Attack That Sent Thug To Prison

Posted 02.25.2013 | Crime

A man caught on film as he bludgeoned a random 16-year-old girl in the head has been sentenced to four years in prison. Michael Ayoade, 35, admitte...

The Big Eye Is Not in the Sky

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 03.25.2013 | New York
Amitai Etzioni

New York City is installing a system that will track people 24/7, using thousands of closed-circuit televisions (CCTVs), radiation and license plate readers, and other technologies. If it works as promised, Microsoft -- which is developing the software -- stands by to sell it to your city.

'V For Vendetta' Airs In China, Stunning TV Viewers

AP | By LOUISE WATT | Posted 02.18.2013 | Entertainment

BEIJING (AP) — Television audiences across China watched an anarchist antihero rebel against a totalitarian government and persuade the people to ru...

CCTV Shows Teen Girl Knocked Unconscious In Unprovoked Attack

Posted 11.20.2012 | Crime

In this disturbing CCTV footage, a man is seen jogging up to a young girl and punching her in the head. According to the Daily Mail, the unprovoke...

9 Ways To Make Yourself Disappear

The Huffington Post | Betsy Isaacson | Posted 09.18.2012 | Technology

We live in a world where infrared cameras can scan for drunks and the Federal Bureau of Investigation is sinking $1 billion into a new facial recognit...

HOT VIDEO: Drunk Man Bets He Can Set His Head On Fire, Wins

Posted 07.24.2012 | Weird News

Winning! A boozed up bar-goer bet his buddies that he could douse his head in high-proof alcohol and light it on fire. He won the bet, with predict...

300 Million Viewers Watching on CCTV

Bill Marriott | Posted 09.09.2012 | Business
Bill Marriott

It's not everyday that you're interviewed on TV and 300 million viewers tune in. During my recent trip to Asia, China Central Television (CCTV) interviewed me about Marriott's growth and the global economy.

The Leaning Towers Of Beijing

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

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 | Weird 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...

How the Supreme Court Aids Government-Controlled Speech

Jim Sleeper | Posted 05.25.2012 | Media
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 | Media

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 | World
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 | Green

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 | Comedy
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 | New York

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 | World

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...

Chinese Drunk Driver Caught On Tape (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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...

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

Posted 05.25.2011 | World

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 ...

Foreign Arabic-Language TV: An Exercise in Futility?

Magda Abu-Fadil | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media
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 | World

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 | Entertainment
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 | World
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 | Business

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 | World

***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...