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Warren Buffett, Surprise Star of China’s Lunar New Year Extravaganza
By artappraiser on Sat, 01/07/2012 - 2:42am |By Hannah Beech, "Global Spin" @ Time.com, Jan. 6, 2012
Each year, China’s state television behemoth CCTV unleashes a five-hour variety show for Chinese New Year. The TV gala usually includes twirling children and armies of acrobats, aggressively cheerful ethnic minorities and rousing patriotic songs. (Last year, the CCTV extravaganza’s “ethnic dance” was the rather unsubtle “Big Happy Family,” while another dance was entitled “Powerful Workers.”) The majority of Chinese households tune in, making it one of the world’s biggest annual television events. Even more people watch if you count the extended Web version available through CCTV’s online sister organization. This year’s web broadcast, according to state newswire Xinhua, will include an unusual guest: Warren Buffett [.....]
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