Zhao Zhongxiang
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Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
is a well-known Chinese news anchor on the national news program Xinwen Lianbo
Xinwen Lianbo
Xinwen Lianbo is a daily news programme produced by China Central Television . It is shown simultaneously by most terrestrial television channels in mainland China, making it one of the world's most watched television programmes...
and television host. He joined China Central Television
China Central Television
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...
in 1959.
Zhao has been a host of the CCTV New Year's Gala
CCTV New Year's Gala
The CCTV New Year's Gala is a Chinese New Year special produced by China Central Television. Broadcast on the eve of Chinese New Year on its flagship CCTV-1, satellite channels CCTV-4, CCTV-9, CCTV-E, CCTV-F, and CCTV-HD, the broadcast has a yearly viewership of over 700 million viewers, making it...
. He has presented programs like Animal World (动物世界 Dongwu shijie) and has spoken out on environmental issues such as the protection of endangered tiger
Tiger
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s and the noise pollution caused by firecracker
Firecracker
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s.
In 2001 it was announced that he was to be one of 36 athletes and celebrities to be featured on stamp
Postage stamp
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s issued in support of Beijing's application for the 2008 Olympics. He has also gone through a sex scandal
Sex scandal
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in recent years with CCTV doctor Rao Ying, with whom he allegedly had a seven-year relationship.
Career
Since July 12, 2010, after two years' retirement, Zhao Zhongxiang come back to CCTVChina Central Television
China Central Television or Chinese Central Television, commonly abbreviated as CCTV, is the major state television broadcaster in mainland China. CCTV has a network of 19 channels broadcasting different programmes and is accessible to more than one billion viewers...
to broadcast his most famous programs Animal World (Chinese
Chinese character
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: 动物世界) and Man and Nature (Chinese
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: 人与自然) with Zhu Xun as his partner. What's more, Zhao was also invited to dub for a Expo-related program called World Expo legendary (Chinese
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: 世博传奇).