China’s media network is by far the largest in the world.
More than 1.1 billion people have access to the 3,000 television stations nationwide. Chinese radio broadcasts in 43 languages worldwide, and 900,000 students are enrolled in just one of the many journalism schools.
But internationally, China’s media is often viewed as the mouthpiece of the central government, or to use the Chinese phrase — “the throat and tongue of the party”.
The Director of the China Media Centre at the University of Westminster, Professor Hugo De Burgh, has recently written China, Friend or Foe?
He believes there are many misconceptions about government control of these emerging journalists, and not enough focus on what they’re offering their country.
Professor De Burgh is today’s guest on Author’s Perspective speaking with Adam Connors.
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