Tag Archives: CCTV

Ren Zhiqiang says media should work for the people not Party, gets accused of trying to topple CCP

Posted on 02/26/2016 by | Ren Zhiqiang says media should work for the people not Party, gets accused of trying to topple CCP已关闭评论

Ren ZhiqiangNever known to hold back his words online, outspoken former tycoon and Weibo celebrity Ren Zhiqiang has once again become the target of state media editorials, following his criticism of President Xi Jinping’s much-publicized media inspection tour on Friday. Continue reading →

Ren Zhiqiang says media should work for the people not Party, gets accused of trying to topple CCP已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom

Tagged , , ,

Swedish Rights Worker Dahlin Arrives Home, Fellow Swede Gui Minhai Still Held

Posted on 01/30/2016 by | Swedish Rights Worker Dahlin Arrives Home, Fellow Swede Gui Minhai Still Held已关闭评论
Peter Dahlin

Swedish human rights activist Peter Dahlin is shown in an undated photo. AFP

Swedish human rights worker Peter Dahlin arrived back in his home country on Tuesday after being deported by Beijing in the wake of his detention, although fellow Swedish national Gui Minhai remains in detention in China. Continue reading →

Swedish Rights Worker Dahlin Arrives Home, Fellow Swede Gui Minhai Still Held已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Press Freedom

Tagged , , , , ,

Swedish Activist Peter Dahlin Concerned Over Colleagues In Chinese Prisons

Posted on 01/28/2016 by | Swedish Activist Peter Dahlin Concerned Over Colleagues In Chinese Prisons已关闭评论

Simon Lewis
Jan. 26, 2016

Peter

In this image made from undated video released by China Central Television, Peter Dahlin, a Swedish co-founder of a human-rights group, speaks on camera in an unknown location

‘Three of my colleagues and close friends are still incarcerated,’ the deported activist says. Continue reading →

Swedish Activist Peter Dahlin Concerned Over Colleagues In Chinese Prisons已关闭评论

Posted in Human Rights Lawyer

Tagged , , ,

Missing Hong Kong bookseller appears on state television, claiming he turned himself in over 11-year-old drink-driving death

Posted on 01/17/2016 by | Missing Hong Kong bookseller appears on state television, claiming he turned himself in over 11-year-old drink-driving death已关闭评论

bookshop-banner-652a

In a video interview with a bookseller missing since November, he says he was afraid of going to jail and thought he’d better run – despite being given a suspended sentence for the offence in 2004 Continue reading →

Missing Hong Kong bookseller appears on state television, claiming he turned himself in over 11-year-old drink-driving death已关闭评论

Posted in Culture, Headlines, Press Freedom

Tagged , , , , ,

Mocking Mao Backfires for Chinese TV Host

Posted on 04/09/2015 by | Mocking Mao Backfires for Chinese TV Host已关闭评论

By CHRIS BUCKLEY APRIL 9, 2015 4:53 AM April 9, 2015 4:53 am

0The television host Bi Fujian’s performance of a song from the Mao-era opera “Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy,” with irreverent asides, was captured on video.

HONG KONG — Mao Zedong famously said a revolution is not a dinner party. Nor, it seems, Continue reading →

Mocking Mao Backfires for Chinese TV Host已关闭评论

Posted in Press Freedom

Tagged , ,

Suddenly Strict, Beijing Slaps Its Mouthpiece

Posted on 02/13/2015 by | Suddenly Strict, Beijing Slaps Its Mouthpiece已关闭评论

By EDWARD WONG FEB. 13, 2015

14CHINATV-2-articleLarge

Wang Qinglei, a former producer who worked at China Central Television, or CCTV, from 2003 until he was fired in 2013 for publicly denouncing propaganda on the network, at his new office in Beijing. Credit The New York Times

BEIJING — As President Xi Jinping accelerated his sweeping Continue reading →

Suddenly Strict, Beijing Slaps Its Mouthpiece已关闭评论

Posted in Press Freedom

Tagged ,

EU urged to sanction CCTV for broadcasting journalist’s forced confession Police cite Xiang Nanfu’s “confession” as a reason for freeing him on parole

Posted on 08/20/2014 by | EU urged to sanction CCTV for broadcasting journalist’s forced confession Police cite Xiang Nanfu’s “confession” as a reason for freeing him on parole已关闭评论

08.20.2014

image

CHINA

While welcoming freelance journalist Xiang Nanfu’s release, Continue reading →

EU urged to sanction CCTV for broadcasting journalist’s forced confession Police cite Xiang Nanfu’s “confession” as a reason for freeing him on parole已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines, Internet Freedom, Writers in Prison

Tagged , ,

Star Anchor’s Real Sin May Have Been Hypocrisy

Posted on 07/17/2014 by | Star Anchor’s Real Sin May Have Been Hypocrisy已关闭评论

By EDWARD WONG JULY 16, 2014 6:00 PMJuly 17, 2014 9:30 am

The Chinese term for schadenfreude is xingzai lehuo (幸灾乐祸), and it does not take long for the sentiment to surface at the mention of Rui Chenggang, the smooth-talking state television anchor who was handed to prosecutors last Friday.

Especially delighted are liberal Chinese intellectuals, Continue reading →

Star Anchor’s Real Sin May Have Been Hypocrisy已关闭评论

Posted in Headlines

Tagged , , ,