1. Soft power and censorship.
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TELEVISION broadcasting , *MASS media , *GOVERNMENT business enterprises , *AFRICA-China relations , *TELEVISION networks , *TRAINING of journalists - Abstract
The article discusses the efforts of Chinese government-run television companies to gain audience and power in Africa. Topics discussed include the opening of Nairobi, Kenya-based Chinese news outlet CGTN Africa in 2012, the history of Chinese media in Africa, and China's ways to increase its influence on African media including the mass training of African journalists, its investment in African media companies, and the expansion of Chinese government-linked private pay-TV firm StarTimes.
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- 2018