China Central Television: November 2007 Archives

China Media News is amazed how many people end up on this site by searching for blogs belonging to CCTV 9 news anchors. CCTV 9 currently hosts blogs for a number of anchors, including Edward Law, Rui Chenggang, James Chau (you might also want to check out James Chau's home page for additional writing) and others. But alas, James Aitken has been without... until now.

For a peek at some of James' thoughts regarding Chinese financial institutions, you can visit China Media News' sister site, Zhongnanhai. We hope James will submit further columns in the future.

It has not been the best year for staff at China Central Television, China's largest and most prestigious international broadcaster.

Earlier this year, in light of the cardboard buns story, all staff without contracts were relieved of their duties. China Media News reported that 3,000 to 5,000 staff were let go.

China Media News can now confirm that all staff for CCTV had their salaries reduced by half in September as a cost-cutting move. CMN can also confirm that this is the second time that Chinese staff have suffered a reduction in pay within the last two years.

The loss of thousands of staff, increased workload, and lower salaries is obviously not sitting well with employees inside the offices on Fuxing Lu.

Perhaps they can find other employment with Shanghai's new English Channel.