China Television shows man throwing shoe at Prime Minister
Chinese state television on Tuesday aired in full footage of a man hurling his shoes at China’s premier Wen Jiabao during a trip to Britain — an unusual departure from official media’s practice of suppressing embarrassing events as print and broadcast outlets had done earlier in the day .
CCTV along with the official , news agency and newspapers, initially reported the event obliquely referring only to an , “incident” or describing Britain’s apology without giving details of the protest.
But unedited footage of the event was shown on CCTV’s main evening news report.
China tightly controls its media and often suppresses news seen as unflattering to the Communist Party and state leaders.
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CCTV along with the official , news agency and newspapers, initially reported the event obliquely referring only to an , “incident” or describing Britain’s apology without giving details of the protest.
But unedited footage of the event was shown on CCTV’s main evening news report.
China tightly controls its media and often suppresses news seen as unflattering to the Communist Party and state leaders.
To read the full article, click here...
To read the ePaper, visit: http://epaper.hindustantimes.com
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