Torbjørn Færøvik's Blog, page 1334

Why CCTV reporter Chai Jing Got the Chop

Days after the documentary on China’s air pollution, “Under the Dome,” went viral, censors started to rein in coverage and netizen response. Created and self-funded by former CCTV reporter Chai Jing, her film first launched on the People’s Daily website, which also ran a popular interview with Chai. Yet several propaganda offices, including in Shanghai and Beijing, have ordered websites and

Narendra Modi to ramp up help for Indian Ocean nations to counter China

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will offer island nations in the Indian ocean a broad range of military and civilian assistance next week in a bid to wrest back some of the influence China has gained by spending billions of dollars in the region. Read more

China to stage massive military parade in Beijing

Thousands of Chinese troops will goosestep through the heart of Beijing later this year as Xi Jinping uses the 70th anniversary of the end of World War Two to send an unmistakable signal to the world - and his own people - about China’s growing might. Read more

China signals 'new normal' with lower annual growth target

China announced an economic growth target for 2015 of around 7 percent on March 5 and said it would boost government spending, signalling that the lowest rate of expansion for a quarter of a century is the "new normal" for the world's No. 2 economy. Read more

Under the Dome: The climate film taking China by storm

Renowned investigative journalist Chai Jing has been widely praised for using her own money - more than 1 million RMB ($159,000: £103,422) - to fund the film, called Under the Dome. She first started the documentary when her infant daughter developed a benign tumour in the womb, which Ms Chai blames on air pollution. Read more

Kaci Kullmann Five langer ut mot Kina

- Hvis Kina tror de kan vinne terreng ved at jeg har overtatt som leder av Nobelkomiteen, tar de fullstendig feil. Kina har ikke oppnådd noe som helst etter at jeg tok over etter Thorbjørn Jagland, sier Kaci Kullmann Five. Les mer

Xi Jinping’s ‘Four Comprehensives’ Give Shape to a Crowded Agenda

Slogans studded with numerals and abstract exhortations are central to the dramaturgy of the Chinese Communist Party, intoned like spells to exalt leaders, cajole citizens and malign enemies. Yet as President Xi Jinping’s latest contribution shows, the magic of a party slogan often works through its supple vagueness. Read more

Pollution: The film that is going to change China

The 143-minute documentary was viewed more than 100 million times in little over two days. It was viewed 126 million times on Tencent’s popular video site alone and it has completely galvanised the country’s attention. Chai’s documentary film was the most discussed topic on the country’s social media platforms and there were 280 million posts relating to her film “Under the Dome” on Sina Weibo,

A new documentary, "Under the Dome", goes viral in an anxious China

As a famed news anchor, Chai Jing regularly reported on China's environmental woes. But it was when she found her daughter had grown a tumour while in her womb that things became personal.She quit her job at state broadcaster CCTV, which had made her an instantly-recognisable celebrity, and launched into a one-year investigation into the human cost of China's notorious air pollution. Read

Travels With My Censor

My Chinese censor is Zhang Jiren, an editor of the Shanghai Publishing House, and last September he accompanied me on a publicity tour. It was the first time I'd gone on a tour with my censor. Read more