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China also “Swept” by Hurricane Sandy

This week, as Hurricane Sandy swept the U.S. east coast, China’s state media have carried out intensive reports on the disaster, stirring up debate over the reasons and necessity of such massive coverage in China. Chinese media expert He Hui sees the coverage of Sandy as an important opportunity to implement the “going out” strategy. From David Bandurski at China Media Project: Chinese media have been blanketed this week with coverage of Hurricane Sandy, the storm that

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