CCTV Revelers Set Fire to Mandarin Oriental in Beijing

Staffers at the national TV network CCTV were celebrating the Lantern Festival, which kicks of the Chinese New Year, by letting off fireworks from their flashy new Rem Koolhaas-designed Beijing HQ. But sparks from the fireworks landed on the roof of the next door Mandarin Hotel, also part of the new CCTV complex, and ignited a full-scale fire.

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