October 01, 2004

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Reason 367 to stop watching HK TV

The SCMP:

The national anthem and a video featuring diving star Guo Jingjing and astronaut Yang Liwei will be broadcast on Hong Kong's Chinese-language television stations every night from today in an attempt to boost people's patriotism.
I hadn't realised that CCTV had taken over Pearl and Jade - missed that one in the business pages. It might be a slight improvement over the inane Announcements of Public Interest (APIs) that dominate the airwaves, but only just.

It is a great irony that while Hong Kong is home to some of the best and cheapest TVs in the world, there's absolutely nothing to watch on them at all.

posted by Simon on 10.01.04 at 11:05 AM in the




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Comments:

Actually it's just Home and Jade. No national anthem before the Pearl News last night. I guess they don't care to instill "patriotism" and love of the motherland in English-speakers.

posted by: Tom - Daai Tou Laam on 10.02.04 at 11:24 AM [permalink]

I get a unique cable package here at my university that includes programming from Taiwan, Japan, the US and Hong Kong.

It's really horrible what they beam in sometimes. You often hear that globalization is just a means of exporting America's trash all over the world. As a case in point, last night my girlfriend insisted we watch "Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire?" that terrible FOX show from at least 2 years ago.

It was painful.

posted by: Matt on 10.03.04 at 02:18 PM [permalink]




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