China Expels Al Jazeera News Channel

[LurkerBaba]

Seems like that documentary touched a nerve
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BEIJING — Al Jazeera, the satellite broadcasting network, was forced by the Chinese authorities to close its China news operations of its English-language channel on Monday, the first such action in almost 14 years and the strongest sign yet of fraying relations between the ruling Communist Party and the overseas journalists who cover it.

But among other broadcasts, officials were said by some to have been angered by an English-language documentary on Chinese re-education through labor camps that Al Jazeera produced outside China and broadcast on its network in November.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/08/w...al-jazeera-english-language-channel.html?_r=2

 

[LurkerBaba]

The documentary which caused all this:

Inside China's secret 'black jails' - Asia-pacific - Al Jazeera English

 

[Avenger]

China is still too nice to Al Jazeera News Channel, compare to what US did to them.

 

[Dovah]

Dragon Rising. LMAO!

 

[nimo_cn]

Another misleading title.

Only the English Channel is gonna be closed if Chinese authority doesn't renew the approval in time. The Arabic news Channel of Al Jazeera is still working so far.

 

[Daredevil]

Ha ha ha. Freedom of expression - China Style.

 

[ejazr]

Another misleading title.

Only the English Channel is gonna be closed if Chinese authority doesn't renew the approval in time. The Arabic news Channel of Al Jazeera is still working so far.

Personally, I think the English langauge channel is much more professional and balanced when compared to the arabic news channel

The Arabic channel focuses too much on ME politics to be a world news channel