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State TV on Speed: On the Newsweek blog, Jonathan Ansfield writes about the pressure on CCTV to keep up with their colleagues in other Chinese media organizations and the unprecedented transparency of the government's handling of media during this earthquake crisis.

CCTV International brings new lows in top priorities: CCTV International still follows protocol in its nightly news-cast, leading with a bizarre phone call between Hu Jintao and US President Bush, reports Hugh Jorgen at the Zhongnanhai blog.