BLOOMBERG TELEVISION Covers China During Olympic Games
NEW YORK and HONG KONG, August 1 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --
Starting Monday, BLOOMBERG TELEVISION(R) viewers will see live special reports on China
from Bloomberg's Beijing and Hong Kong bureaus before, during and immediately after the
Olympic Games. Bloomberg anchors Steve Engle and Susan Li will report from Beijing and
interview guests across Asia about China's development and the financial impact of the
games.
Special coverage related to the Olympics will explore the impact of
lower-than-expected tourism leading up to the games, the development of
China's culinary industry, China's ongoing environmental challenges, efforts
to clean up Beijing's air and the transformation of Shenyang from the second
most polluted city on earth to an Olympic host site where the air is cleaner
than Beijing's.
BLOOMBERG TELEVISION coverage of China during the 2008 Olympics will air
across Asia, Europe, the U.K. and the U.S. starting Monday, August 4. In
Asia, segments will air on Bloomberg Live at 6AM HKT, Bloomberg Now at 9AM
HKT, Bloomberg Today airing at 11PM HKT and Asia Business Tonight airing at
6PM and 8PM HKT. The special reports can be seen in the US and Europe on
Bloomberg Live, which airs at 7PM ET/ 12AM BST.
This exclusive news and follow up reports are available to the public on
BLOOMBERG TELEVISION and BLOOMBERG RADIO(R) services worldwide, as well as to
users of the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL(R) service. Clips from the interviews will
be archived and available via the BLOOMBERG PROFESSIONAL service.
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