Name: Hu Xijin – The Voice of China - If I Were From Beijing (2/6)
Uploaded: 2019-08-02T00:00:00.000+02:00
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Description: Hu Xijin is a central figure in China's media world. He's been editor-in-chief of the Global Times for 13 years. He's the CCP-approved authority on current affairs. The daily newspaper focuses on political issues and has a circulation of 2.4 million.

Hu Xijin, głos Chin

Hu Xijin: la voce della Cina

Hu Xijin – The Voice of China

Hu Xijin, la voz de China

Hu Xijin – Die Stimme Chinas

Hu Xijin – la voix de la Chine

Hu Xijin is a central figure in China's media world. He's been editor-in-chief of the Global Times for 13 years. He's the CCP-approved authority on current affairs. The daily newspaper focuses on political issues and has a circulation of 2.4 million. 

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If I Were From Beijing (2/6)

Hu Xijin has been editor-in-chief of the Global Times for 13 years. He's the CCP-approved authority on current affairs

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China carefully controls the information that its people have access to, and Google, Facebook and Twitter flag up uncomfortable truths that would be better forgotten. But the country still wants to use the internet: so instead China, has developed its own sanitised ecosystem of plaforms. Nothing is anti-government or pro-democracy, and most users are flooded with messages of consumerism and entertainment. 

If I Were From Beijing (1/6)

China has developed its own sanitised ecosystem of social media plaforms

China, Country of Censorship

Papi Jiang is one of the biggest internet stars of recent years. The 33-year-old from Shanghai speaks to her young Chinese audience about every day sources of humour and conflict. But even her funny, seemingly apolitical videos have got her into trouble with the government.

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Papi Jiang's funny, seemingly apolitical videos have got her into trouble with the government

Papi Jiang - Star Comedian

Li Jiaqi is China's famous lipstick consultant. In his livestreams, he tests hundreds of colours and brands. The record: 380 in two hours. His fan base of over 45 million followers hang on to every word that comes from his lips - whatever their colour.

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Li Jiaqi is a lipstick influencer in China. He once tested a whopping 380 lipsticks in two hours for his 45 million followers

Li Jiaqi - Livestreamer

Jack Ma is the 20th richest person in the world. He founded Alibaba, the largest online trading platform in China. He is one of China's most stunning success stories. He's spent $7 billion of his private assets on buying up sections of the media, most notably the South China Morning Post, a newspaper once famed for its editorial independence and criticism of Beijing.

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Jack Ma is the 20th richest person in the world. He founded Alibaba, the largest online trading platform in China

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It is possible to have debate and discussion in China, even critical discussion; albeit within a fixed framework, sanctioned and monitored by the regime. Journalist Cui Yongyuan has made it his habit to step right up to the limit of what he's allowed to do. And sometimes he oversteps that limit.

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Journalist Cui Yongyuan has made it his habit to step right up to the limit of what he's allowed to do

Cui Yongyuan - A Critical Mind

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 French swimmer Florent Manaudou, German pentathlete Marvin Dogue and French sabre fencer Cécilia Berder all trained hard for the Tokyo Olympics, but the most important part of their training they say is in the mind. Mental conditioning is a growing science designed to get the best out of sports champions at a time when they could crumble under the pressure. At the beginning of World War Two, American airforce pilots struggled to face off against the Japanese fleet. Cue Bud Winter: in peace time, a sports coach, and in war, a mental conditioner who taught the pilots how to keep their head in the game even in life-or-death situations. Gradually, the idea that sportsmen and women were as much mind as they were muscle took hold. 

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From Chur, Switzerland’s oldest city, to Tirano in Northern Italy, the Bernina Express winds its way through deep valleys and wild gorges, crossing some 196 bridges and going through 55 tunnels in its journey through the Graubünden Alps. A journey to discover one of the most spectacular railway lines in the world and an audacious feat of engineering.

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Matthew had a burnout years ago and fled to Portugal to set up his paradise quinta in Portugal. But that sanctuary is now under threat: permission has been granted for an avocado plantation to be built next door. But avocados use up huge amounts of water, and the stream that the quinta depends on as a primary water source is in danger of running dry.

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Star violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter and composer JohnWilliams have long been something of a dream team. The 89-year-old American has composed a new violin concerto especially for the German violin virtuoso. Together with works by Jessie Montgomery, Aaron Copland and Igor Stravinsky, this world premiere is the highlight of the Tanglewood Festival 2021. The Boston Symphony Orchestra is conducted by BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons and John Williams.

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Twenty years after the fall of the Taliban regime, the last foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan. But without them, Afghan security forces fear they'll struggle to contain the advance of the insurgents. Terror attacks are on the rise, and the group is said to already control nearly half the country. The return to power of the fundamentalists seems inevitable.

The last foreign troops are leaving Afghanistan, leading to fears of a Taliban resurgence

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