By PTI |Washington |Published: January 16, 2019 11:34:26 am
China using media, think tanks and tourism to influence global public opinion: Pentagon
In a report titled "Assessment on United States Defence Implications of China's Expanding Global Access", the Pentagon said China has made both direct and indirect investments in news media organisations abroad.
China has been using its massive investment in media, foreign educational institutions and think tanks in addition to the little known field of tourism to influence global public opinion in its favour, the Pentagon has said.
In a report titled “Assessment on United States Defence Implications of China’s Expanding Global Access”, the Pentagon said China has made both direct and indirect investments in news media organisations abroad.
For example, Xinhua News Agency, which is China’s official state-run news agency, launched 40 new foreign bureaus and doubled the number of overseas correspondents between 2009 and 2011. Xinhua counted 162 total foreign bureaus in 2017 and aims to have 200 by 2020, the report said.
The report stated that China’s President Xi Jinping has urged country’s media to tell the world about country’s story.
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“China’s expanding official media presence reflects a concerted effort on the part of its leadership to shape opinions about the country and promote China’s view on key topics, it said. President Xi Jinping urged China Global Television Network, Xinhua’s international media service, to “tell the China story well” and “spread China’s voice,” the report stated.
China’s official investments in the US media market remains primarily focused on expanding Chinese state-run media organisations.
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