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  • China's press is usually referred to as "state-run," but that obscures the fact that the country's media landscape today is diverse, commercialized and relatively free of direct state interference.

    Pen, Meet Market. Market, Meet Sword Raymond Zhong 2011

  • Houston-based Conoco has been heavily criticized in national state-run media since oil leaks were discovered this summer in China's Bohai Bay.

    Foreign Firms Feel China's Heat Laurie Burkitt 2011

  • Arrests of the pro-rock demonstrators and leaders of the Presley gangs, as well as the formation of a special police force to monitor state-run youth functions so that no improper dancing took place and to “extinguish the remainders of the capitalist way of life among adolescents” did not stop the rebellion.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • More broadly, the absence of a state-run religious monopoly combined with a wide sphere of religious liberty has produced an ideal environment for a thriving religious ecosystem.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Stiliagi, or “style hunters,” appeared on the streets of all the major cities in the Soviet bloc, wearing zoot suits and ducktails if they were male or tight dresses—“stretched tightly over their figures to the point of indecency,” according to one state-run Soviet newspaper—and bouffant hairdos if they were female.

    A Renegade History of the United States Thaddeus Russell 2010

  • The state-run news agency also said the opposition held an air defense commander and several other officers.

    Armed Pro-Gadhafi Gangs Patrol Libyan Capital Associated Press 2011

  • Workers at two state-run giants — the Gulf Air and The Bahrain Petroleum Company BopCo, — were among thousands who did not show up for work on Sunday.

    Bahrain opposition plots strategy before talks 2011

  • The state-run news agency JANA also said regime opponents held the commander of the air defense's 2nd Division and several other officers.

    Armed Pro-Gadhafi Gangs Patrol Libyan Capital Associated Press 2011

  • Those areas include setting up a state-run high-risk pool providing a coverage option for Alaskans previously denied insurance for pre-existing conditions.

    Alaska Governor Refuses To Enact Health Care Law AP 2011

  • *** Energy Petroleo Brasileiro, the Brazilian state-run energy giant, said its fourth-quarter profit rose 38% to 10.6 billion Brazilian reals $6.37 billion from a year earlier as higher international oil prices and climbing crude-oil production offset flat domestic fuel prices.

    Business Watch 2011

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