China Trials Its First 3D TV Channel 48
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from the smell-o-rama-next dept.
rtoz writes with the news that Chinese viewers will soon be able to watch a 3D TV channel service, to be opened in late January. Excerpting: "The first stations for the 3D trial are China Central Television, Beijing Television, Tianjing Broadcasting TV, Jiangsu TV and Shenzhen TV. 3D programs will be offered daily from 10:30 am to midnight. The programs include animation, sports, documentaries, TV dramas, entertainment and live broadcasting of big events, such as CCTV New Year's Gala and the London 2012 Olympic Games. The stations will charge no viewing fees during the early phase of operation."
Great! (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:when (Score:3, Insightful)
Neither you nor I know much about how the Kims behaved: information coming out of NK is so tightly controlled that we are basically relying on western propaganda.
The Taliban - the religious fanatic element is insane, but the majority of the Taliban comprise people who are worked up against occupying forces.
Hussein - no, I'd put China on a par with Hussein: both corporate secular dictatorships with little notion of freedom; brutal to dissenters; keen to preserve ownership of various previously autonomous regions despite loud objections. Well-educated, rich, silent individuals can go about their business fairly freely in China, just as they could under Hussein.
The difference is that Hussein was successfully contained and his sphere of influence was relatively small. His position maintained regional stability, tempering Iran. China, on the other hand, is a military bully to its neighbours and an economic bully to the world, and its position comes precisely from the fact that it is a nation of slavedrivers and slaves, able to manufacture cheaply because it treats the majority of its citizens as subhuman. We must reject China before we become as China.