China Expands Media Reach with English Language News Channel, Digital Media Push

Chinese news is expanding. Xinhua News Agency recently launched a 24-hour English-language news channel for broadcast worldwide. And China’s largest state-run broadcaster, CCTV, is expanding its global broadcasts in several languages. Beijing has long complained that Western media coverage is biased against China. Media watchers here in the United States view China’s state controlled media as propaganda. VOA’s Laurel Bowman met the owners of a Washington-based company that is helping China reach a more Western audience.