China Peaks, World Freaks

China Peaks, World Freaks

(Global Pulse: October 7, 2009) World media are a bunch of party poopers, criticizing China as it celebrates the 60th anniversary of Communist rule. Fox News' response was predictable, but South African broadcasting seemed to have it in for China as well. China's former "big brother to the North," as Russia Today phrased it, was one of the few willing to join the celebration.

SOURCES: CCTV, China; Fox News, U.S.; SABC, South Africa; BBC, U.K.; Russia Today, Russia; Newsweek, U.S.; China Digital Times, U.S.

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