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Zhang Hong Min, a Senior CCTV 7 o’clock evening news host, caught pouring 200,000 RMB on his birthday party, is in a reputation crisis.

Angry posters question where his money came from, since his salary is only about enough to pay this big bill, given that a normal people was not spending all money in one day. Others can not bear to see a person that represent a country’s image in that less decent condition.

A bit surprisingly, about equal amount people show their sympathy and accuse the blamers as rich haters. They think blamers do not work harder to get rich, but assume rich people’s wealth all come from corruption, which is insane.

Can a government news host as well as a party member, have a posh private life as long as he can afford it? Zhang did nothing wrong, in my opinion, because I believe a man at his post, at this age, can afford a special birthday.

But should we treat Zhang as a normal person like your next door neighbour when he is outside work hours, or should we see him as a government voice representative all the time? I have reservations on this question. My parents would like to believe Zhang is a good respectful person as much as he looks in evening news. If I show them these pictures below, their first reactions will be pure disbelief and anger; more shocked, if they hear rumous that say Zhang is a gay.

The last Friday of 2007 in West Calendar is entertaining and meaningful to Chinese internet users, because a brave or controless tv hostess tells the whole world that her husband is having an affair at CCTV’s Olympic Channel launch ceremony.

She approaches the podium and requires to speak as the wife of Zhang Bin, who is hosting the ceremony, that only 2 hours ago does she know Zhang Bin has a secret lover. Certainly the confession has excited every reporters there. Her husband and other two collegues try to stop her but fail.

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This incident triggers off internet attention of Zhang Bin, Hu Ziwei and the secret lover, but for unkown reason posts are deleted by website administrator if they appear to know the inside story.

Sources say after losing her fame and position in work, Zhang bin’s disloyalty is the last straw. Hu Ziwei was replaced from hostess position mostly because she quoted a socalled untrue story at programme which caused some panic in the nation, and she doubted product quality of a Chinese electronic brand which is regarded as hope and honour of China’s national industry.

This video has been watched 400,000 times and commented 500 times in Youtube.