Washington Post

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(1) Keith B Richburg, Dilemma for China’s One-Child Generation: Where to Spend New Year. Washington Post, Jan 18, 2012.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... QAIK8e7P_story.html

(2)
(a) EriK Wemple, China responds to WaPo questions, mysteriously. Washington Post, Jan 18, 2012 (blog).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/bl ... IQAtYjK8P_blog.html
(b) Except the qyotation, there is no need to read the report the blog addresses to:
Paul Farhi, In DC, China Builds a News Hub to Help Polish Its Global Image. Washington Post, Jan 16, 2012.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/li ... QAh2Ps3P_story.html

Quote:

"CCTV could face some of the same resistance in the United States that has hobbled al-Jazeera English, the English-language offshoot of the Arabic-language network. Since its founding in 2006, AJE has struggled to gain widespread distribution on cable and satellite TV systems throughout the United States. AJE is funded by the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.")

"The Columbia [University’s 'Global Media Wars'] report said that CCTV’s broadcasts 'look amateurish. . . . In one segment of the program News Update, loose wires trailing from an anchor’s microphone were visible on camera; in another, an anchor launched into the day’s top story only to be informed, on camera, that the lineup had changed. Often, the same ‘correspondent’ narrates back-to-back segments — even if the stories involved are happening on opposite sides of the globe. Occasionally, anchors and correspondents cite contradictory facts without offering explanations for the discrepancy.' The report concluded that CCTV has 'yet to produce a broadcast with global credibility and world-class technical standards.'


(3) Andrew Higgins, Taiwan unlikely to move to reunify with China, despite Ma Ying-jeou’s reelection. Washington Post, Jan 15, 2012.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wo ... QA3ufF1P_story.html

(4) High-Speed Trains Around the World. Washington Post, Jan 18, 2012 (photo gallery).
http://www.washingtonpost.com/bu ... byYf1P_gallery.html

Note: The gallery does not have those from France, Germany or Taiwan--but one from Russia.