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Why Chinese television sucks (number 893 in a series)

Because its priorities are entirely screwed up, as is clear from this article in today's Washington Post: "In foreign countries, televisions are privately owned and you can broadcast whatever you want," Wang Weiping, deputy head of the series division at... ...full story at Imagethief

from Imagethief on Tue, Feb 27 2007

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