Much of the “soft power” expansion drive of the four main state-run media outlets has been directed, so far, at the West - Xinhua’s opening of a new office at Times Square in New York and the launch of a 24-hour English news-channel to emulate the success of Al Jazeera have made global headlines.ĬCTV's English channel has opened a U.S. It broadcasts in 61 languages today, with 3,000 hours of daily programming. CRI, one of Beijing’s four main state-run media outlets along with the Xinhua news agency, China Central Television (CCTV) and the English-language China Daily newspaper, is now at the centre of an $8 billion expansion, part of China’s plans to boost its “soft power” overseas.Īt CRI’s 70th anniversary celebrations last year, the channel was called upon by the Communist Party’s propaganda chief and Polit Bureau member Li Changchun to “create favourable international opinions about China and constantly boost its soft power.” As China’s only world service radio station, he said CRI would be developed into “a world first-rate broadcaster with increasing global influence.”ĬRI was founded in 1941, before the People’s Republic was established, at the Communists’ revolutionary base in Yanan. The channel has a grander plan to mark its 50th anniversary this year, and will invite listeners from India to visit China. and 7.30 p.m.ĬRI Tamil held a quiet celebration to mark its anniversary here on Sunday, inviting members of Beijing’s Tamil community, mostly from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka. The channel now broadcasts for four hours in Sri Lanka every day, at 1.30 p.m. Series of China Radio International interview related Prof.The state-run China Radio International’s Tamil radio station, the most popular of its more than 60 international channels, marked its 49th anniversary here on Sunday announcing plans to expand its presence in India by launching broadcasts on local FM radio stations.ĬRI Tamil, which broadcasts on shortwave in Tamil Nadu where it has an extensive network of listeners’ clubs run by 25,000 registered listeners, is in talks with FM radio stations in Chennai to launch a daily two-hour broadcast, Zhao Jiang, CRI Tamil’s director, toldĬRI Tamil launched an FM broadcast on Colombo’s FM 102 station in 2010, a move that has enabled it to expand its listeners’ base in Sri Lanka this past year.Secondary School Students team up to simulate production of “CubeSat” prototypes to unfold business opportunities in the “NewSpace” era.HKU Astrophysicist Professor Quentin Parker and His Collaborators Awarded the 2022 Gemini Prize.Series of China Daily Article related to Director Professor Quentin Parker.HKU Laboratory for Space Research put a positive spin on the Buckyball ‘C60’: Its potential for high level ionisation and as the origin for some of the Mysterious Unidentified Infrared Emission Bands seen in the Universe.Number of ancient Martian lakes might be dramatically underestimated, suggested Dr.Quentin Parker interviewed on the next generation of space telescope What’s its long-term impact? įirst completely commercial crew to the International Space Station (start from 44min), Shenzhou-13: Another success in China’s space exploration. China’s plan for a moon base at lunar south pole (start from 43:30mins),
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