Tag: CCTV fire

China Detains Building Chief in TV Complex Blaze

The axe has begun to fall for Monday’s fire at the CCTV headquarters. From the New York Times: The police detained 12 people, including the chief of construction for the new headquarters of China Central Television, or CCTV, and eight employees of the firm the broadcaster hired to put on an illegal fireworks show that the authorities said ignited the blaze. The fire gutted a nearly completed

February 12, 2009 1:39 PM

Koolhaas, Delirious in Beijing

The New York Times reviews the massive new CCTV headquarters in Beijing: After Rem Koolhaas, the project’s architect, un

July 12, 2011 7:54 PM

China Sentences 20 to Jail for CCTV Fire

Twenty people have been sentenced to jail for last year’s deadly fire at the new CCTV headquarters in Beijing. From

May 10, 2010 4:31 AM

CCTV Building Fire Trials Underway

A year after the incident, a court in Beijing is hearing the case against 23 people accused of being responsible for the

February 22, 2010 11:09 PM

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