Chinese State Media’s Expansion into U.S. Broadcast Markets via Leasing Companies and Partnerships
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The passage outlines concrete mechanisms—leasing U.S. stations through EDI Media Inc., partnerships with EchoStar, and involvement of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp—that enable Chinese state propaganda to Xinhua expanded U.S. bureaus to Chicago, Houston, and San Francisco and began English TV broadcasts CCTV/CGTN partnered with EchoStar in 2004 to launch the “Great Wall Platform” package on U.S. sate
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