Strong earthquake in northwest China that killed at least 148 causes economic losses worth millions
Chiese state media say the strong earthquake that hit northwest China this week, killing at least 148 people, has caused economic losses estimated to be worth tens of millions in the agricultural and fisheries industries.
China state TV raps Kohler, BMW for using facial recognition
Chinese state TV has criticized bathroom fixtures brand Kohler, automaker BMW and MaxMara fashion boutiques for using facial recognition to identify customers in a possible violation of privacy rules that took effect this year. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)BEIJING โ Chinese state TV has criticized bathroom fixtures brand Kohler and automaker BMW for using facial recognition technology on visitors to their outlets in possible violation of privacy rules that took effect this year. Facial recognition is used by Chinaโs government as part of a surveillance network to monitor the public through millions of video cameras. Kohler Co., BMW AG and Italian fashion brand MaxMara are among companies that use facial recognition on visitors, CCTV said. The company said facial recognition was used only to record how many customers visited shops and information about them wasnโt saved.
China bans BBC news broadcasts in apparent retaliatory move
(AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)BEIJING โ China has banned the BBC World News television channel in a diplomatic fight with Britain after British regulators revoked the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN. The move late Thursday was largely symbolic, because BBC World already was limited to being shown on cable TV systems in hotels and apartment compounds for foreigners and some other businesses. The National Radio and Television Administration said BBC World News coverage of China violated requirements that news reporting be true and impartial and undermined China's national interests and ethnic solidarity. AdIt gave no indication whether BBC reporters in China would be affected. Britain's communications watchdog, Ofcom, revoked the license for CGTN, China's English-language satellite news channel, on Feb. 4.
UK strips Chinese state-owned TV channel of broadcast permit
The U.K. has stripped China's state-owned TV channel of its broadcasting license in the country, after an investigation found the license holder lacked editorial control and had links to China's ruling Communist Party. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)LONDON โ U.K. regulators stripped China's state TV channel of its national broadcasting license on Thursday, after an investigation cited lack of editorial control and links to China's ruling Communist Party. The communications watchdog, Ofcom, said it revoked the U.K. license for China Global Television Network, or CGTN, an international English language satellite news channel. CGTN had been available on free and pay TV in the U.K. Losing its British broadcasting license is a major setback for CGTN, which has been a key element of the Chinese government's push to expand its soft power and burnish its image abroad.
Trapped for 2 weeks, 11 workers rescued from China gold mine
In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, rescuers carry a miner who was trapped in a gold mine in Qixia City in east China's Shandong Province, Sunday, Jan. 24, 2021. Rescuers in China on Sunday lifted several trapped miners to the surface who were trapped for two weeks after an explosion in a northern gold mine, state media reported. (Luan Qincheng/Xinhua via AP)BEIJING โ Eleven workers trapped for two weeks inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday, a landmark achievement for an industry long-blighted by disasters and high death tolls. Hundreds of rescue workers and officials stood at attention and applauded as the workers were brought up from the mine in Qixia, a jurisdiction under Yantai in the eastern coastal province of Shandong. The official China Daily newspaper said on its website that seven of the workers were able to walk to ambulances on their own.
NBA returning to Chinese state television after 1-year ban
Employees watch a live broadcast of Game 5 of the NBA Finals at an NBA store in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 10, 2020. The NBA is returning to Chinese state television after a one-year absence. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. โ The NBA is returning to Chinese state television after a one-year absence. โIn the Chinese National Day and Mid-Autumn Festival that just passed, the NBA expressed holiday blessings to Chinese fans," the China Media Group, essentially the operator of CCTV, said in a statement. NBA games have been available to Chinese fans on the streaming service Tencent, another of the leagueโs broadcast partners.
LeBron James weighs in on NBA-China dispute
Getty Images via CNN(CNN) - Basketball star LeBron James has finally weighed in on the ongoing NBA-China dispute, criticizing Houston Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey as being misinformed about the situation. The league is embroiled in a standoff with China after Morey tweeted his support for the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong. Speaking to reporters on Monday before a game in Los Angeles, James, who is known for speaking out on social justice issues, called it "a very delicate situation, a very sensitive situation." In recent weeks demonstrators have burned Chinese flags, spray-painted "Hong Kong is not China" across the city, and even attacked Chinese owned-businesses. Through all of this, NBA players have stayed relatively quiet, making James one of the first to speak out on the issue.
China won't show NBA preseason games after Hong Kong tweet
(CNN) - China won't broadcast or stream NBA preseason games held in the country. Tencent, the NBA's exclusive digital partner in China, also said it would suspend live streaming for NBA preseason games in China. The controversy began when Morey tweeted his support for the demonstrations in Hong Kong over the weekend. His post, which has since been deleted, included an image that read, "Fight for freedom, stand with Hong Kong." In its decision Tuesday to halt NBA broadcasts, CCTV pointed to "the response of NBA Commissioner Adam Silver in Japan."
Onlookers use blanket to save boy, 3, who fell 6 stories
CNN Video(CNN) - A 3-year-old boy who fell from the sixth floor of a building in China was saved when the crowd below caught him with a blanket, according to state broadcaster CCTV. "I held out the blanket along with others, all the while keeping my eyes on the child. A group of people stood in a circle, holding the blanket and watching the boy. Ten seconds later, the boy fell. According to CCTV, the people who saved the boy include building residents, security guards and sanitation workers.
Baby delivered from murdered mother in London dies
Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to identify in connection with the attack, who was seen running away from the victim's address. (CNN) - A baby who was delivered in an emergency procedure after his mother was stabbed to death in London over the weekend has died, police say. The newborn boy, who was named Riley, died in hospital at 3:10 a.m. local time Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said in a statement. "This morning, we heard the sad news that Kelly's baby son, Riley, has died in hospital. Police have released CCTV footage of a man they want to identify in connection with the attack, who was seen running away from Fauvrelle's address.