China's state-owned broadcaster has launched an aggressive
international push to extend the country's influence, opening a new
headquarters in Washington that will broadcast English-language
programming from the heart of the US capital.
China Central Television, which produces the ruling Communist party's
news shows and other propaganda programmes, is constructing a studio in
Washington which will serve as its US broadcasting centre. It aims to
begin broadcasting from the site by the middle of 2012 and produce up to
six hours of original programming a day, according to people familiar
with the plans.
CCTV has also built a studio facility in Nairobi, from where it will
broadcast its English-language channel in Africa, and plans to open a
broadcasting centre in Europe, according to several people briefed on
the plans.
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