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An Official TV Pageant That Chinese Liked, Whether They Liked It or Not
Two traditions run in parallel every Chinese New Year: in the first, officially sanctioned one, the state broadcaster China Central Television airs a gaudy variety show called the New Year’s Gala. In...
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The US Presidential Primaries in the Eyes of Chinese Media
The U.S. election primary races taking place now aren’t just a matter of intense interest for Americans: China’s propaganda and media apparatus also appears excited about the prospect of again...
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CHINA TRANSLATED: A Special Issue on ‘Chunwan’: the Annual Gala Marred by...
“Chunwan,” the New Year Gala broadcast by China Central Television (CCTV) every Chinese New Year’s eve, has a yearly viewership of hundreds of millions. In the 1980s and 1990s, it used to be the only...
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Chinese React to Famous Actress Leaving the Country for Canada
There are so many cases of wealthy Chinese moving their assets, and then themselves, overseas—primarily to the United States and Canada—such that people pay them little mind. But when it was reported...
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Chinese ‘Tiger Mom’ Defends Harsh Schedule for Son
In 2011, Yale law professor Amy Chua became a polarizing figure with her book “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” which sets forth an astonishingly strict program of parental discipline. Now, a real...
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Viral Video: Mom’s CCTV Camera Catches Night Creeper
Mother of two Lisa Mackenzie posted a video on Facebook that might be more disturbing than any horror movie. After noticing scratches on her back door, Mackenzie put up a CCTV camera on her back door....
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Story About Stolen UFO in Roswell Has Sad Ending
Around 3:30 a.m., on March 19, a group of men pulled in at the back of the UFO Museum in Roswell, New Mexico. Three men stepped out of the red pick-up truck. Two picked up a large UFO decoration stored...
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Chinese Propaganda Aims Insincere Flattery at CCP Leader
In China, the popular Internet idiom “advanced blackening” has been used to describe a defamatory tactic in which a sentence of praise actually hints at discredit. During the period of the recent Two...
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Chinese Man Attacks Elevator Doors, Falls Down the Shaft
Fighting an elevator door can have serious repercussions, as this Chinese man learned the hard way. In the footage that appeared on LiveLeak on March 28, a man, reportedly inebriated, approaches an...
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China Bans April Fool’s Day
China wants nothing to do with April Fool’s Day—and its Western cultural influences. The state’s news agency, Xinhua, announced on its official microblog on April 1 that the practical joke day does not...
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Over Thousand Appellants Arrested Outside Chinese Central TV Station
Police used a dozen buses to transport detained appellants gathered in front of the CCTV building to Majialuo Appellant Escort Center at about 10:30 am on December 4. (The Epoch Times) December 4 has...
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