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Place of Birth: Inner Mongolia, China
About Bai Yansong
- Bai Yansong (Chinese: ???; pinyin: Bái Yánsong) (born August 20, 1968) is a Chinese news commentator, anchor and journalist for China Central Television (CCTV).
- He has become one of the most recognizable figures in China, serving as the lead anchor on stories such as the Sydney Olympics and the 2008 Sichuan earthquake.
- Bai worked in the newspaper industry before moving to televised news and eventually became an anchor for Focus Report and Oriental Horizon, where he had a reputation as a politically incisive journalist.
- During his time with CCTV, Bai has been involved in the establishment of several news commentary programs including Timeline and News 1 + 1, the first live news commentary program in China.
- He has also been the anchor on several more news programs and was a host on the talk show Tell It Like It Is. Born in Inner Mongolia, he lived on a university campus with his parents who were both professors and graduated from the Beijing Broadcasting Institute before beginning his career in journalism.
- Bai has extensively covered diplomatic ties between China and Japan during his tenure at CCTV and is part of a political consultancy group that advises the two countries on Sino-Japanese relations.
- He works to promote political reform through his position in the media, and critical reports on his programs have been suppressed by government censors at least once.
- As a humanitarian, Bai has been involved in supporting disaster relief efforts following the Sichuan earthquake and promoting efforts against HIV/AIDS.
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