CNN International (CNNI, simply branded on-air as CNN) is an international television channel that is owned by CNN Global. CNBC Asia In July 2005, it was announced that NBC Universal would take full control of CNBC Asia from 31 December 2005, subject to clearance. One tactic that increased in frequency and aggressiveness during the coverage period was the use of coordinated online harassment campaigns on global social media platforms to attack journalists working for news outlets based in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom. Hong Kong authorities and the Chinese telecommunications firm Huawei have joined Chinese diplomats in threatening reprisals over unfavorable content. Democracies are far from helpless in the face of the CCPs influence efforts. But despite fears about the supposed efficiency of autocratic models, the findings of this study offer substantial evidence that the core components of democracy are capable of insulating free societies against Beijings authoritarian influence. Major programming changes occurred on 30 October 2000 with CNBC Asia expanding Asia Squawk Box to two hours, Asia Market Watch to two hours in the morning and 1 hours in the afternoon and Power Lunch Asia to one full hour. TV Guide - foxtel.com.au Despite Beijing's efforts, Chinese state narratives and content do not dominate coverage of China in most countries. One journalist said, I was told at the time to be less harsh on reporting [about China] because there is a danger they will pull advertising. In 2018, a Chinese state-owned company threatened to sue a leading Kenyan newspaper, the Standard, for its investigative reporting on abuses at the railway operated by the firm. CNBC Asia was launched on 20 June 1995 along with sister channel NBC Asia. Several factors seem to have contributed to the moves, including increased reputational risk after the amount of funding from Chinese sources was made public; a sense that misleading content related to COVID-19, Xinjiang, or Hong Kong was not fit for publication; or a broader worsening in bilateral relations during the COVID-19 pandemic that made partnerships less acceptable to domestic audiences. China Radio International stands out for the relative success of its social media strategy. Mega Man: Fully Charged S1 Ep9 Bored To Be Wild/Enter The Wood Man (PG) 10:00am. The virus was confirmed to have spread to Taiwan CNBC Asia Only nine of the 30 countries had anti-SLAPP (strategic lawsuits against public participation) laws or legal precedents in place to protect the work of journalists. The CPC aims to basically realize socialist modernization from 2020 through 2035 and build China into a great modern socialist country that is prosperous, strong, democratic, culturally advanced, harmonious, and beautiful from 2035 through the middle of this century. The CCPs own actions often undermine the narratives it seeks to promote. While some political leaders in 23 countriesincluding presidents, prime ministers, foreign ministers, and members of parliamentechoed CCP talking points in their own comments to local media, other elected representatives in more than half of the countries in this study publicly expressed concern over the covert, coercive, or corrupting aspects of CCP influence campaigns, including in the political, media, and information sectors. If you look at the whole Africa, you will find the above projects are just a small part of a big picture of cooperation between China and the continent. While EFE also produces its own independent reporting on China, it has effectively boosted CCP propaganda narratives and content. The letter cited a provision of the Elections Ordinance that it said applied irrespective of whether the offending comments were made in Hong Kong or abroad.2. James was the first on-camera presence from CNBC since Mark Laudi returned to Singapore from Sydney. An academic survey of 149 Taiwanese journalists in 2019 found that one-third of the respondents had at some point worked on projects involving cooperation with Chinese authorities on illegal embedded advertising.7. Chinas state media, diplomats, and other foreign-facing entities have been tasked with addressing these reputational challenges, expanding Beijings global influence, ensuring openness to Chinese investment, and limiting any international speech or actions that are perceived to threaten the CCPs grip on power. In 28 of the 30 countries assessed, state-owned or pro-Beijing media played a dominant role shaping news content available to Chinese speakers, especially via the popular WeChat social media application. Location: NSW Sydney ACT - Canberra NSW - Sydney NSW - Regional 1850 M St. NW Floor 11 These include the China International Television Corporation, which focuses on entertainment content; the Radio and Television Administration of China, a regulatory body; and subnational or thematic outlets like the Economic Daily, Macaus public broadcaster, or provincial television stations in Fujian and Sichuan. Lastly, Chinese state-affiliated actors adopted stridently anti-American or anti-Western messaging to rebuff local concerns about Chinese state-linked activities, including those related to investment projects, opaque loans, or military expansionism, by attributing such concerns to a Cold War mentality or a misguided US-led attempt to contain China.. Chinese-Australian researcher Vicky Xu of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute became the target of a similar campaign after coauthoring a report that documented the use of forced labor by Uyghurs in China to produce goods for export.5 The Cook Up with Adam Liaw S3 Ep53 Spice Up Your Life (G) 4:05pm. Its domestic human rights abuses and aggressive foreign policy stances undercut the positive story that Chinese diplomats and state media are trying to tell, of a responsible international stakeholder and a benign if authoritarian governance model. Owned by Warner Bros. In Colombia and Chile, outlets that had completed a trial period or had sporadically published Xinhua content declined the opportunity to establish a long-term agreement. This report offers the most comprehensive assessment to date of Beijings global media influence and the ways in which democracies are responding. In 27 countries, even outlets that continued publishing Chinese state content also published more critical or unfavorable news about the Chinese governments policies at home or in the country in question, providing their readers with relatively balanced and diverse coverage overall. 105. London Feb. 4, 2021 The title screen of a program called How Xi Jinping Pursues Happiness For People from the archives of China Global Television Network (CGTN), the international arm of Chinas state-run broadcaster, is seen as it plays on a computer monitor in London. Eurosport In 21 of the 30 countries, local outlets specifically covered CCP political and media influence. The country has made the world's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), which can be used in building transportation mega projects. Taiwanese civil society has been instrumental in raising public awareness of CCP influence in local media, taking action in the form of mass demonstrations, legislative advocacy, journalist trainings, disinformation investigations, and media literacy programs. The United Nations estimates that over 8 million trees are being cut down annually to produce wooden pencils that are used every Kenya deployed troops on Wednesday to the Democratic Republic of Congo to battle the March 23 Movement (M23) rebels in the country's troubled east Opinion Piece: The Author isDr Zhou Pingjian, the Ambassador of China to Kenya. (Macauhub), Aerial View Of Downtown Pointe-Noire, Congo. Journalists and civil society groups have led the way in mitigating the impact of Beijing's media influence efforts. In Malaysia, the Home Ministry in late 2019 denied a publishing permit to a Chinese-language newspaper that was critical of the CCP, citing the need to protect bilateral ties.5, Chinese embassies are not the only Beijing-linked actors engaged in intimidation and censorship efforts. This is similar to The Suze Orman Show and is seen on the Australian feed during weekends. Discovery Sports, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. It was originally anchored by Maura Fogarty in Singapore, and Steve Sedgwick in London. Location: NSW Sydney ACT - Canberra NSW - Sydney NSW - Regional In a relatively new phenomenon, Hong Kong authorities and major Chinese companies with close CCP ties, like Huawei, have engaged in similar behavior. TV Guide - foxtel.com.au The reality is that the Chinese economy has transformed from quantitative to qualitative growth. One last form of content placement is worth noting for the frequency with which it is used: ambassadorial op-eds. Started from 30 March 2014, CNBC Asia changed its picture format to 16:9 as a standard broadcast format. Less common but still evident in 12 of the 30 countries under study were coproduction arrangements in which the Chinese side provided technical support or resources to aid reporting in or on China by their foreign counterparts in exchange for a degree of editorial control over the finished product. These efforts include digital news platforms dedicated to covering Chinas relationship with Latin America and trainings for journalists in Nigeria, Kenya, and Tunisia on how to cover Chinese investment projects. Many of these common themes are augmented with customized details intended to resonate with local audiences, and they are delivered in a wide range of languages. In the Chinese-language space, the State Council Information Office, Hong Kongs state-owned newspaper Wei Wen Po, and various provincial propaganda departments similarly served as content providers. There had been a slow pace of work on CPEC projects during the tenure of PTI government. During the rest of the week, only the second hour of Street Signs and Capital Connection were seen on CNBC Europe. In Australia, the Foreign Influence Transparency Scheme has been credited with shedding light on foreign entities activities in the country, but it has also been criticized for lacking reporting requirements on foreign-backed expenditures and contributing to an atmosphere of suspicion affecting Chinese Australians.6. For example, a Kiswahili Facebook page in Kenya with 35,000 followers obscures its ties to CRI and posts videos of people from East Africa making positive remarks about Chinese engagement in the region.6, In the United States, Chinese officials attempted to pay or otherwise cooperate with existing influencers who would post videos echoing pro-Beijing talking points to their usual followers.7 TV Guide - foxtel.com.au As a result of the merger, there were massive employee lay-offs and programme cancellations at CNBC's Asia original headquarters in Hong Kong (which since has been took over by rival channel Bloomberg Television for its Asia Pacific operations) but Rico Hizon, Geoff Cutmore and Bernard Lo joined the newly merged channel whose operations have been based in Singapore ever since. At the center of the Chinese governments strategy for controlling international news coverage about the country and its rulers are the tight restrictionsand increasing intimidationapplied to China-based correspondents for foreign outlets. Publishing an opinion piece in a local newspaper is a common form of public diplomacy, offering a countrys envoys an opportunity to present their governments perspective on local or global topics. Although systematic manipulation of information flows in politically and socially meaningful ways has not yet occurred, occasional incidents or evidence of latent capabilities have been documented in several countries.2. In Europe, during the mid to late 2000s CNBC Europe had chosen to scale back simulcasts of CNBC Asia programming overnight in favour of teleshopping and later poker games and CNBC Asia's entire morning line-up had only been seen on Monday mornings. Outdoor Channel Discovery has operating control of the channel, Individual choices by local actorsmedia owners, editors, journalists, and opinion leadersplay a critical role in either magnifying or checking the impact of Beijings campaign to penetrate the international media landscape. Among the 30 countries in this study, 26 were found to have outlets publishing content based on existing agreements with Chinese counterparts, but on the whole it remained unusual for Chinese state content to have a large presence in local news feeds. The country has made the world's largest tunnel boring machine (TBM), which can be used in building transportation mega projects. In Kenya, the Media Council, a self-regulatory body for news outlets, rebuked the public broadcaster for publishing unlabeled Chinese state propaganda.1 In Nigeria, one journalist who had traveled at the Chinese governments expense subsequently started the Africa China Press Centre, which takes a pro-Beijing line and signed a content-sharing agreement with Xinhua in 2019.1 They build relationships with editors across media organizations.3, Implicit threats to journalists work, such as loss of access to embassy personnel for future interviews or exclusion from subsidized press trips to China, are also used to discourage disfavored reporting. In the United States, news reports described a leaked memorandum from a senior manager at the sports network ESPNwhich has a digital partnership with the Chinese social media conglomerate Tencent and its popular QQSports platform4 More openly disruptive forms of cyberattack, such as distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks, have targeted overseas Tibetan and Chinese-language websites that are critical of the CCP, especially during politically sensitive periods, temporarily disabling their websites and increasing costs for what are already cash-strapped outlets.4. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. Both shows are anchored by then-newly appointed CNBC anchor Oriel Morrison, formerly of Channel Nine and Bloomberg Television. CGTN Destination Flavour China Bitesize. In the Philippines and Mozambique, laws or proposals governing foreign ownership or content dissemination have been used by political leaders to target independent sources of news that carried criticism of the government.3 Korean Broadcasting System In Nigeria, the Chinese embassy has reportedly reached out to editors at major news outlets and paid journalists not to cover negative stories about China. The zone will be build in Pointe Noire in what China calls a "direct investment" and not a loan or gift. Private forms of pressure appear to be more common, with Chinese representatives reaching out directly to reporters, commentators, or editors and urging them to issue a retraction or apology. TV Guide - foxtel.com.au It has seen a historic rise in economic strength and made great contributions to the world economy. Many democracies have laws and regulations with transparency provisions that can facilitate detection of CCP influence. Drawing on media investigations, interviews, scholarly publications, Chinese government sources, and on-the-ground research by local analysts, it covers developments in 30 countries during the period from January 2019 to December 2021. Accounts run by major state media outlets like Peoples Daily, the Xinhua news agency, China Global Television Network (CGTN), and China Radio International (CRI) have appeared in multiple languages and garnered tens of millions of followers worldwide. For this project, disinformation was defined as the purposeful dissemination of false or misleading content, including through inauthentic activityvia fake accounts, for exampleon global social media platforms. The Cook Up with Adam Liaw S3 Ep53 Spice Up Your Life (G) 4:05pm. In every country, Chinese diplomats or state media outlets openly promoted falsehoods or misleading content to news consumerson topics including the origins of COVID-19, the efficacy of certain vaccines, and prodemocracy protests in Hong Kongin an apparent attempt to confuse foreign audiences and deflect criticism. Chinese state media and other entities have made an aggressive push for new and upgraded agreements, constantly seeking opportunities to piggyback on the market share of local media. In Italy, journalists who had published critical coverage about the Chinese regime or embassy were reportedly excluded from groups on the WhatsApp messaging platform that facilitated access to Chinese diplomats for comment.2, Chinese state representatives have sometimes taken an indirect approach, pressuring local governments to intervene and either guide the media or shun outlets that persist in their criticism. On 1 June 1998, CNBC Asia added CNBC Sports which it aired weekend afternoons and in October 1998, it also started airing selected episodes of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien on weekend evenings as NBC Asia was replaced by the National Geographic Channel. Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset Espaa.The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially launched on 3 March 1990, becoming the fifth of the national terrestrial television channels and the second private channel in Spain. In 2017, Ghana agreed to a R150 million bauxite exploration deal with the government of China aimed at further exploiting the West African countrys vast solid mineral deposits. mega Examples of such resistance in France, Israel, and Ghana involved an op-ed published by a Uyghur exile leader, morning talk-show comments about the regimes persecution of Falun Gong practitioners, and a political cartoon mocking Xi Jinping. In many countries, Chinese state propaganda includes a standard package of messages showcasing Chinas economic and technological prowess, celebrating key anniversaries or the benefits of close bilateral relations, and highlighting attractive elements of Chinese culture. 3:35pm. All rights reserved. The new parliament building, a donation from the Chinese government, was expected to be built in Mount Hampden about 17 km from the capital, Harare, at an expected cost of R2.1 billion. Local social media influencers have reportedly been paid to promote the partys favored narratives in their respective countries, and the authenticity of the follower counts associated with Beijings social media presence has come into question.2 Following Panamas 2017 transfer of diplomatic recognition from Taiwan to China and ahead of Chinese president Xi Jinpings 2018 visit to the country, journalists at some Panamanian outlets were encouraged by their editors to avoid covering topics that might upset advertisers like Huawei or local businesses that appeared likely to benefit from Chinese investment. In Malaysia, six different reporters from multiple Chinese-language outlets refused to be interviewed for this study, even off the record. Protests begin to diminish in scale in early 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic; The Hong Kong government declares that most street demonstrations have ceased since the Hong Kong national security law came into effect in mid-2020; Location However they manage to do so, many journalists and media outlets around the world have clearly continued to churn out news and analysis that the CCP would likely censor if it could. Outlets like national state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) have been mobilized to defame political targets or whitewash the CCPs human rights record, including by airing blatantly false reports.2 Furthermore, because most CRI pages are on Facebook and were set up years before the recent diplomatic expansion on Twitter, some have been gaining followers for more than five years. As the CCP devotes billions of dollars a year to its foreign propaganda and censorship efforts, it is important to ask how successful they are in different parts of the world, and what effects this could have on the health of global democracy in the future. Navigando questo sito accetti l'uso di Cookies e altri sistemi funzionali all'analisi del traffico e al funzionamento del sito web, puoi negare il consenso tramite le impostazioni del tuo browser. The fund, which is broken down into several parts, will be channelled to projects aligned to the Chinese governments Belt and Road Initiative covering telecommunications, construction of roads, bridges and sea ports, energy, and human capacity development. Tutti i contenuti, quali, il testo, la grafica, le immagini e le informazioni presenti all'interno di questo sito sono con licenza Creative Commons Attribuzione - Non commerciale 2.5 Italia (CC BY-NC 2.5), eccetto dove diversamente specificato. With respect to Chinese diplomatic accounts, a clear variation in style was evident. This hub is used by presenters to report on Middle East business and is one of the three locations from which Capital Connection is presented. In addition, the channel substantially increased CNBC Europe programming in the afternoon by airing Europe Today in its entirety. Discovery Sports, a subsidiary of Warner Bros. In most countries, local media and civil society have been at the forefront of the response. The Chinese governments media influence efforts have increased since 2019 in most of the 30 countries under study, but democratic pushback has often curbed their impact. Protests begin to diminish in scale in early 2020 due to COVID-19 pandemic; The Hong Kong government declares that most street demonstrations have ceased since the Hong Kong national security law came into effect in mid-2020; Location Scores and findings from the 30 countries surveyed in the BGMI report. and official responses to the persecution of Muslims in Xinjiang.4 Write CSS OR LESS and hit save. ), The Chinese-built and financed African Union Headquarters. In at least 11 of the 30 countries under study, a journalist or researcher exposed behind-the-scenes pressure from Beijing regarding China-related content. The research for this study found content placements by Beijing-backed entities in over 130 news outlets across the 30 countries examined. Coordinated online harassment campaigns from pro-Beijing trolls, especially against female journalists of East Asian descent, have increased since 2019. Beijings Global Media Influence Report 2022 | Freedom House But it can also take the form of regularly scheduled programming, such as a weekday news slot on Kenyas national broadcaster, the daily segment Mundo China on the Brazilian station BandNews, and almost-daily morning broadcasts on Metro TV, one of Indonesias largest stations.3 Although outlets occasionally published additional op-eds in which local or international commentators could respond to or challenge a Chinese ambassador, this was a relatively rare occurrence. As CCP influence efforts have received more media coverage, political elites in some countries have begun to recognize the potential threat to national interests and democratic values. Intimidation of this sort has likely occurred elsewhere among members of the Chinese, Tibetan, and Uyghur diasporas, but it is difficult to document. However, media owners and executives are not alone in their wariness of threats and economic reprisals from Beijing. Simulcasts of programmes originating from CNBC US and CNBC Europe remain unaffected. (Twitter. Foreign investors have grasped new opportunities from Chinas industrial and consumption upgrade, with FDI inflow into the service industry and high-tech industries up 8.7 percent and 33.6 percent respectively in the first eight months this year. Similar to other large countries like the U.S. and Australia, China's north and south have different climates. Following on from the success of Worldwide Exchange, another joint production, Capital Connection was launched. Rather, a wide range of other Chinese state-linked entities have emerged as content providers and partners to foreign news outlets. projects The virus was confirmed to have spread to Taiwan Owned by Warner Bros. It is significant that Chinese state narratives and content do not dominate coverage of China in most countries. In some cases, civil society activity played a critical role: Australias public broadcaster stopped airing CCTV and CGTN content after a complaint from the human rights group Safeguard Defenders explained how those outlets had aired detainee confessions that were obtained through torture.1, Lastly, with a small number of exceptions, the propaganda effects of subsidized travel or other perks for journalists appeared to be either short-lived or more complex than simple co-optation. However, coordinated policy responses were undertaken in only a few settings, typically those facing more aggressive influence efforts from Beijing. China is Africas biggest and strongest ally and in recent years has pumped millions of dollars into the continent, funding one mega project after another. CGTN 19951997: pre-ABN merger. Along with the rapid growth of China has come one of the most developed transport networks in the world. Photo by Leon Neal/Getty Images Taken together, these dynamics highlight the critical role of individual choices by local actorsmedia owners, editors, journalists, and opinion leadersin either magnifying or checking the reach and impact of Beijings campaign to penetrate the international media landscape. In a number of the countries assessed, there were examples of Chinese entities or their proxies providing monetary compensation for the production or dissemination of articles. After a French researcher referred on television to Huawei being under the control of the Chinese state and the CCP in March 2019, the telecommunications firm filed a defamation suit against her, the programs presenter, and the production company; the case was still ongoing three years later.1, As political repression has intensified in Hong Kong since 2019, the authorities there have joined their mainland counterparts in trying to control news and information about the territory globally, using local laws that assert extraterritorial jurisdiction to restrict speech by individuals and entities based abroad. Date: Entire movement: Since 15 March 2019 () Large-scale break-out: Since 9 June 2019 (). This dynamic of greatly increased CCP investment offering comparatively modest returnsand even triggering a more active democratic responseis one of the key findings that emerged from the study. Globally popular social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have improved their monitoring and response capacity over the past three years, in some cases rapidly detecting and removing fake accounts that were artificially amplifying Chinese diplomatic or state media content, spreading false information about perceived enemies of the CCP, or attempting to muddle public discourse about COVID-19, social tensions, or elections in countries such as the United States and Taiwan. Eurosport is a group of pay television networks in Europe and parts of Asia. , Balance of water: China's mega project benefits 150 million people. Destination Flavour China Bitesize. In October 2020, when the Chinese embassy sent a letter to Indian media asking them to respect the One China principle and not report on Taiwans national day, it contained veiled threats of restricted access to the embassy for those who did not comply.1 Moreover, the experience of countries including Taiwan, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia point toward a recent turn to more aggressive, confrontational, or surreptitious tactics as milder influence efforts fail to achieve the desired results. China Moreover, in Peru, Argentina, and Ghana, Chinese entities signed new agreements that expanded their previous foothold in the state-owned media sector to encompass privately owned outlets as well, including those focused on finance or business news, which are often receptive to Beijings economic messaging. Even as many journalists and outlets push back, the intimidation, threats, and economic leverage emanating from Beijing have taken a toll. Conditions for these journalists have deteriorated considerably since 2019, exacerbating an already difficult situation. The Chinese regime and its proxies have shown that they have no qualms about deploying economic pressure to neutralize and suppress unfavorable coverage. Many documented campaigns are global in scope, and in 13 countries examined in this study, local media outlets or influencer accounts were found to have knowingly or unknowingly shared a post from such a campaign.7.
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