30 Years Ago: VOA Has Won the Ear of China
This year marks the 30th anniversary of the nationwide, student-led democracy movement in China,...
Voice of America
VOA Reporters Detained While Interviewing Sun Wenguang
Two journalists working for the U.S. government-funded Voice of America were detained for about...
The Publicity War Between Beijing and Guo Wengui
In interviews with New York-based Mingjing News last month, Chinese real estate tycoon Guo Wengui...
Beijing’s Covert Global Radio Network
In recent months, a Reuters series on China’s spreading global influence has investigated...
Sources: Monk Self Immolates in Qinghai
A Tibetan monk set himself on fire in Qinghai province on Monday, according to Radio Free Asia:...
VOA on Tibet: ‘Fire in the Land of Snow’
The U.S. government’s official external broadcaster Voice of America has been closely following the ongoing wave of protest by self-immolation against Beijing’s policies in Tibetan regions of China. During an...
BBC, VOA Protest Radio Jamming
The British Broadcasting Corporation and Voice of America have both issued statements protesting the jamming of their shortwave radio broadcasts into China: The BBC has received reports that World Service English shortwave...
70 People Detained for Inciting Self-Immolations
As part of an intensified crackdown on self-immolations by Tibetans protesting Beijing’s policies in Tibetan regions, the Chinese government has detained dozens of people and cast blame on U.S.-government funded...
“New Phase” in Tibet Self-Immolations; 86th Reported
Dharamshala-based Phayul.com reports than an 86th Tibetan self-immolation took place on Tuesday evening, marking the 24th this month. Kalsang Kyab, 24, set himself ablaze in front of a Chinese government office in Kangtsa town,...
US Proposal Would Crimp Visas for State-Run Media
China’s plans to expand the reach of its state media may stumble over a proposal by Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) to limit the number of US visas granted to Chinese journalists from organisations such as Xinhua. The...
From Beijing to Villupuram, a Radio Station Spreads Its Reach
While Mandarin broadcasts into China from the BBC World Service have been silenced, and Voice of America’s transmissions face a similar fate, the stations’ Chinese counterpart is expanding. From The Hindu: S....
BBC Chinese Service Makes Final Broadcast in Mandarin
Due to funding cuts, BBC has decided to stop airing radio broadcasts in Mandarin Chinese, although its website will continue with Mandarin service. From BBC News: BBC World Service Mandarin programming began back in 1941,...
Voice Of America’s China Broadcasts Threatened by Budget Cuts, Solar Flares
The Wall Street Journal reports the proposed elimination of Chinese broadcasts by Voice of America, in order to save funds which will be redirected toward online media. The announcement comes soon after the unveiling of similar...
BBC World Service Faces Deep Cuts
Chinese-language radio broadcasts by the BBC’s World Service are to be among the casualties of heavy budget cuts. The service is expected to lose 650 jobs and some 30 million of its 180 million listeners around the world,...
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