"The new station 'CCTV America', has hired more than 60 international staff in a bid to produce credible programmes that will aim to give a voice to Beijing's view of the world, a consultant involved the project told The Daily Telegraph.
"Do the Chinese want to be a player in game of international TV news, then 'yes', absolutely they do," said Jim Laurie, who spent 22 years working for the ABC television network's foreign news department, "The aim is to build a competitive news channel on the global stage."
The soft-launch of the new programming began this week, with a one-hour nightly news programme called 'Biz Asia America', anchored by Phillip Yin, formerly of Bloomberg and CNBC in Hong Kong and Singapore. A talk show and a magazine show on Latin America will debut this weekend..."
at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9072595/China-launches-global-news-TV-station.html
at http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/9072595/China-launches-global-news-TV-station.html
