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China's policy towards media and Western telecommunications companies
China's government officials continue to face the problematic issue of reconciling a need to embrace a more open attitude toward the media while maintaining party control over the country. This issue extends to government policy regarding western telecommunications firms. All western telecommunications and media companies which have forged agreements with the Chinese government face the threat of government censorship in one form or another. How the companies will react could largely affect the official Chinese policy on media.See the full content of this document
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China.com?
It has become clear in recent years that one of the most nerve-racking dilemmas that Chinese government officials face is reconciling the need for openness in the media with the inherent dangers such openness portends for party control. This is an especially vexing problem when it comes to dealing with Western telecommunications companies.
When media baron Rupert Murdoch's company News Corp. faced steep losses in its Asian satellite television business, it fash...See the full content of this document
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