CCTV1’s video of Shenzhou 7’s launch, and a quick glimpse inside mission control.

CCTV 7 shows video of a remote facility where pre-launch tests demonstrate the safety of the Shenzhou 7 spaceship, which will carry the first three-person Chinese crew into space and afford the first opportunity for a spacewalk.

CCTV 9 gives a brief preview of the planned spacewalk, China’s first ever, with scenes of taikonauts practicing underwater. According to the anchor, “The spacewalk mission is crucial for China to establish a space laboratory or station.”

A CCTV video shows Liu Xiang stopping himself from racing the 110-meter hurdles because of a painful tendon injury.

Jiang Rong’s novel “Wolf Totem” is performed as a ballet by Yang Bowen, Liu Guogang, and others, and shown on CCTV 9, China’s official English language channel.