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CHINESE STATE TV REPORT ON THE UKRAINE "SITUATION"
February 28, 2022 CCTV-13 News Report on Ukraine "Situation"by Philip J Cunningham What follows is an informal study of a news report from CCTV on the "situation" in Ukraine. The February 28, 2022...
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THE GOOD, BAD AND UGLY SIDE OF CHINA'S TAKE ON UKRAINE
"Lavrov: It is unaceptable that the US should have nuclear weapons in Europe" Some thoughts on Chinese TV coverage of the invasion and war in Ukraine by Philip Cunningham Presented here are a series...
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Commentary / WorldWhat did Xi know about Ukraine, and when did he know?The invasion came a day after the Olympics. Was that out of respect for China? Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a...
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CHINESE TV: UKRAINE SPRING WILL BE UNUSUALLY COLD THIS YEAR
CCTV's Shendu Guoji "In-Depth World” March 2, 2022 CCTV4 is a Beijing-based satellite TV channel that can be viewed across China, especially in cities where satellite reception is commonplace, but it...
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CHINA'S BELT AND ROAD RUNS THROUGH MOSCOW
China's cosmopolitan Foreign Minister Wang YiBy Philip J Cunningham Perhaps the most important takeaway from Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi’s March 7 press conference is that some very powerful...
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CHINA-RUSSIA AXIS: DEZINFORMATSIYA, LIES AND VIDEOTAPE
By Philip J Cunningham Anyone who relied on Chinese media coverage of Russia’s February 24 invasion of Ukraine to understand what was going on might be excused for not realizing an invasion had...
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CHINA TV NEWS: THE MORE YOU WATCH THE LESS YOU KNOW
CCTV's Rem Koolhaas-designed flagship tower in central Beijing By Philip J Cunningham If you build a dazzling new flagship building in Beijing and a well-funded network of shiny TV studios around the...
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ECHOES OF 1989 TIANANMEN PROTESTS STILL LINGER
Why was all traffic halted at Tiananmen Square on July 29, 2019?Philip J CunninghamTiananmen Square can be forbidding, even in the best of times. It is open to the sky and exposed to the elements,...
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BIDEN-XI: A RASHOMON MYSTERY OF A PHONE CALL
The leaders of the US and China are talking, which is good, but the readouts of the March 18 phone call between presidents Biden and Xi are at sharp odds. One hopes that some conciliatory dialogue...
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RUSSIAN TANKS IN UKRAINE BRING TO MIND TIANANMEN IN '89
(photo by Jeff Widener) By Philip J Cunningham Seeing scenes of Russian tanks rumbling down the streets of Ukraine brings to mind memories of Tiananmen Square in 1989. It's a stomach-churning sight. As...
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A CHINA-BASED SCHOLAR SPEAKS OUT AGAINST PUTIN'S WAR
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THE CLOSING OF THE CHINESE MIND
Wang Huning, Polituburo member and author of "America against America"By Philip J Cunningham “The Closing of the American Mind” by philosopher Allan Bloom decried the widespread moral relativism and...
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CCTV: COVERING THE NEWS FROM BUCHA OR COVERING IT UP?
CCTV's "neutral" and self-styled "humanitarian" coverage of the Bucha massacre on April 4, 2022 was more baffling than balanced. CTTV 4 is a Chinese-language channel nominally directed at an overseas...
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CHINA'S CCTV NEWS GETS HIJACKED BY THE KREMLIN
CCTV's Morning News on April 8: Still no mention of invasion, war or massacre, and no attempt to correct the previous day's reports denying a massacre ever took place in Bucha. Get ready for some news...
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THE CCTV FOLLIES: MORNING NEWS REPORT FOR APRIL 10, 2022
The Morning News in China, April 10, 2022 Today's program vividly embodies China's anti-West shift in foreign policy. The April 10, 2022 news presentation illustrates an editorial...
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LOST IN THE PARALLEL UNIVERSE OF THE BEIJING MEDIA SPHERE
A man carries a bicycle along a street filled with destroyed Russian military vehicles near Chernihiv, Ukraine, on April 17. Photo: APOpinionPhilip J. CunninghamHow Chinese state media paints an...
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CCTV FOLLIES: MAY 3 UKRAINE'S ZELENSKY FINALLY GETS A MODICUM OF THE...
CCTV FOLLIES: May 3Domestic news is primarily about the long May 1 holiday, mostly trains, planes and automobiles. it is followed by CCTV's daily "Ukraine Situation" with a sober shift in gloomy...
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THE GREAT RED GATE
THE GREAT RED GATE I wanted to post something in memory of June 4, 1989 and I found this photo, attributed by the novelist Ma Jian to an unnamed friend of his. It very much suits the mood I was...
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CHINA'S AMBITIONS IN SPACE
June 23, 2022Philip J. CunninghamWhy China’s ambitions in space should not be underestimatedWhile China was excluded from the International Space Station, it is building its own, has constructed the...
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CITIZEN JOURNALIST WANG PUTS CCTV TO SHAME IN UKRAINE
Citizen journalist Wang Zhi'an reports from Kiev FINALLY AN HONEST CHINESE REPORT ON UKRAINECCTV's best reporter on the "Ukraine Situation" is actually an ex-employee. The now-independent reporter...
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