Here we go again… yet again… a new Chinese international television network launches with great fanfare amid high expectations that this time, finally, China’s story will finally get a fair airing in the global marketplace. …

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Another year, another plan by China’s propaganda divisions to build giant media empires that it feels will help better position the country in the global media marketplace.  After the Olympic torch relay debacle last year, …

It comes as huge surprise to most observers that across the Pacific, far away from Greater China, a brutal media battle is underway with many of the world’s largest Chinese media brands.  LA’s Mandarin language …