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Sinosphere Blog: Documentary on Air Pollution Grips China

2015-03-02 03:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

New York Times: Documentary on Air Pollution Grips China By Chris Buckley March 1, 2015 5:13 am March 1, 2015 5:13 am Email Share Tweet Save More Chai Jing said she was prompted to make her documentary, Under the Dome, by concern over the threats pollution posed to her daughters health. Updated, 9:43 p.m. ET| Millions of Chinese, riveted and outraged, watched a 104-minute documentary video over the weekend that begins with a slight woman in jeans and a white blouse walking on to a...

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Pollution Documentary Under the Dome Blankets Chinese Internet

2015-03-01 20:53:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

WSJ: A new documentary on the pall blanketing China`s skies by a former state television reporter swiftly commandeered the attention of tens of millions online over the weekend. Titled "Under the Dome," the film is an impassioned production by Chai Jing, a well-known journalist who left China Central Television last year shortly after the birth of her first child. Since its release online on Saturday, it has racked up some 100 million views on major Chinese video portals such as Tencent and Youku....

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Chinas Surprise Viral Hit: An Environmental Documentary

2015-03-01 11:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Atlantic: On Saturday, Chai Jing, a former television journalist from China, released a feature-length documentary film that, unusually for China, took the government to task. Titled Under the Dome, the video featured Chai giving a presentation on stage, using both photographs and slides to examine how China's notorious air pollution got so extreme--and why the Communist Party has failed to fix it. Jing's interest was personal: Her daughter underwent surgery soon after her birth to remove a tumor that, Chai...

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CHS team wins history award for documentary

2015-02-27 02:00:48| Agriculture - Topix.net

Chugiak High School sophomores Peggy Saddler, Mariah Johnson, and Rebekah Johanson in the school library with an enlarged cardboard copy of a check from the Cook Inlet Historical Soaciety and first place ribbon, for winning the senior division at Anchorage History Day. A trio of Chugiak High School sophomores won the senior division of the Anchorage History Day competition Feb. 14 for their documentary on the life of Edward Lewis "Bob" Bartlett.

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