Jottings from the Granite Studio

A Qing historian reads the newspaper…

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Morning Tea: Unintentional Comedy on CCTV…Adventures in China PR…Chiang’s Diaries…cheng’guan…and stolen fruit

January 11th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It’s been a busy week here in Beijing. The Olympic year is not yet two weeks old and China is already doing its damnedest to serve up a whole stir-fry of crazy.
First off, 2008 has thus far not been kind to CCTV. While the state-run station has never really considered itself either yellow or [...]

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