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posted Sunday, 18 June 2006
I've just got off the phone. I was talking to Mrs Liuzhou Laowai who is in England. She was watching the World Cup game between Japan and Croatia. I switched on my television to see what was happening and what she was talking about. For a few minutes total confusion reigned. Situation normal! Her English is near perfect, but she is female!
Are we watching the same game? At first, I think we are maybe just getting different camera feeds, but no. We are watching two different games.
Well not quite. We are just watching the same game at different times. China Central Televison's (CCTV) 'live' broadcast is exactly 30 seconds behind the BBC's.
Mrs LL suggests that it might be something to do with the distance from Berlin to Liuzhou! Nonsense! This is normal. Nothing is ever broadcast live in China! The censors have to have the opportunity to change reality. As I have mentioned before, the signal of the 1997 Hong Kong handover arrived in Mainland China from Hong Kong via England quicker than it did directly from Hong Kong. What were they expecting Prince Charles to do? Drop his pants and give the masses a sight they'd never forget?
Paranoid drunks!
Are we watching the same game? At first, I think we are maybe just getting different camera feeds, but no. We are watching two different games.
Well not quite. We are just watching the same game at different times. China Central Televison's (CCTV) 'live' broadcast is exactly 30 seconds behind the BBC's.
Mrs LL suggests that it might be something to do with the distance from Berlin to Liuzhou! Nonsense! This is normal. Nothing is ever broadcast live in China! The censors have to have the opportunity to change reality. As I have mentioned before, the signal of the 1997 Hong Kong handover arrived in Mainland China from Hong Kong via England quicker than it did directly from Hong Kong. What were they expecting Prince Charles to do? Drop his pants and give the masses a sight they'd never forget?
Paranoid drunks!