After being overwhelmed by CCTV’s coverage on Sandy, Chinese netizens called it “the conscience of the US” – that is the polite way of saying it. The impolite way is “CCTV is a stooge of the US.”
The Oriental Gate scheduled to put into use in 2013 in Suzhou has been under fire recently on the Chinese internet for its controversial design. Netizens gave it the name “giant long johns” to pair with the “big boxer shorts” CCTV building in Beijing.
There has long been a popular saying on the Chinese Internet “I wish I could live in world depicted by Xinwen Lianbo.” Below is a letter supposing written by a netizen that explains in detail why such a wish exists.