CCTV FOLLIES 1.31 BEIJING WATCHING U.S.

Foreign news riveted on the Middle East -CCTV watching US moves closely -American F16 crashes off S. Korea -Serving the motherland -Tough crackdown on Sino-Burma border -CCP is savior of quake victims

The top foreign news story today is about the US base where 3 US soldiers were killed and dozens wounded. The base is wedged in the strategic corner where three countries—Syria, Jordan, Iraq—meet.