{"id":31587,"date":"2009-01-21T22:52:29","date_gmt":"2009-01-22T05:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=31587"},"modified":"2009-01-21T22:52:29","modified_gmt":"2009-01-22T05:52:29","slug":"david-bandurski-li-changchun-on-the-media-and-china%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cglobal-influence%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/david-bandurski-li-changchun-on-the-media-and-china%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%9cglobal-influence%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"David Bandurski: Li Changchun on the Media and China\u2019s \u201cGlobal Influence\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cmp.hku.hk\/2009\/01\/19\/1457\/\"><strong>China Media Project comments <\/strong><\/a>on <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2009\/01\/china-spends-45-billion-to-extend-medias-global-reach\/\">recent reports <\/a>that the Chinese government is planning to bolster its overseas media presence with a 45 billion yuan expansion:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\nSCMP coverage last week suggested Chinese authorities are interested in creating an international news channel modeled on Qatar\u2019s Al-Jazeera network.<\/p>\n<p>    \u201cWith Al-Jazeera as the model, the station would enjoy greater freedom of speech from the central authorities than Phoenix TV on political and current events,\u201d one source said. <\/p>\n<p>It is impossible to entirely discount the idea that a CCP-sponsored international network could be given more latitude in international coverage. But I find this quote from the SCMP utterly revealing, and I wonder exactly what this unnamed source said, in Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cfrom\u201d in the phrasing of the SCMP quote suggests that \u201cfreedom of speech\u201d is something granted or denied at the will of the party leadership. And that, far from suggesting openness, fits squarely with the notion of \u201cguidance\u201d we have seen recently from senior CCP leaders on the question of the \u201cglobal influence\u201d of Chinese media.<\/p>\n<p>If you are a lover of freedom, your knees may go weak when you see the words \u201cfreedom of speech.\u201d But when someone whose prerogative it is to shut you up tells you they will give you sufficient \u201cfreedom of speech,\u201d the subtext is still CONTROL.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China Media Project comments on recent reports that the Chinese government is planning to bolster its overseas media presence with a 45 billion yuan expansion: SCMP coverage last week suggested Chinese authorities are interested in creating an international news channel modeled on Qatar\u2019s Al-Jazeera network. \u201cWith Al-Jazeera as the model, the station would enjoy greater 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