"“Right now I'm just about 100 miles off the coast of mainland China,” is how Dokoupil began Wednesday night's broadcast from the balcony of a hotel in Taipei, Taiwan. Tony was being kind to himself: Taipei may be very close to mainland China itself, but it is 1,000 miles away from Beijing, where all of the important stuff was happening. The reason Dokoupil was stuck on that hotel balcony is that CBS failed to secure a visa for their man. Semafor's Max Tani reported that as a result the network had to send Dokoupil to Taipei at the last minute."
"Wednesday night's broadcast was brought to a strange and sudden end when Dokoupil's camera man collapsed (CBS later released a statement saying the camera man is OK): Then came Thursday's broadcast, which dedicated viewers (there are none) would have noticed took place from a different location. Oliver Darcy of Status reported that this change in scenery was necessitated by the fact that poor, accursed Tony was kicked out of his original broadcast location because the hotel's management objected to how he covered the political tensions between Taiwan and China on Wednesday's show."
"Dokoupil, reporting on Thursday from Liberty Square, acknowledged this himself. “After seeing our broadcas"
Donald Trump met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, prompting major American broadcasters to send newscasters overseas. CBS sent Tony Dokoupil but failed to secure a visa, forcing him to broadcast from a hotel balcony in Taipei, about 1,000 miles from Beijing. Wednesday’s broadcast ended abruptly when Dokoupil’s camera operator collapsed, though CBS later said the operator was okay. Thursday’s broadcast occurred from a different location after hotel management objected to how Dokoupil covered political tensions between Taiwan and China. Dokoupil acknowledged the change while reporting from Liberty Square.
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