Originally Posted by
dtsm
Neither CCTV or MO were operational, and obviously the hotel will have to be rebuilt (or ???).
Again, the building is the TVCC, not CCTV building, although it stands next to that as part of the same complex. The CCTV building is undamaged, and from the look of the photographs, so is a third building housing the plant for both buildings (heating, aircon, etc).
The hotel is just one part of the TVCC building, which also houses a large theatre and other cultural facilities. Mandarin Oriental has been contracted to manage the hotel part, but does not own any part of the building. Even assuming the building is repaired or re-constructed, whether the section originally intended to open as the Mandarin Oriental Beijing will open as that, as another brand of hotel, or given the glut of quality hotel rooms in Beijing is possibly redesigned for other uses, remains to be seen.