China Radio International | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-19

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China Radio International


00:01:58 1 History
00:03:53 2 Short wave/international broadcasting
00:04:40 3 Programming
00:04:49 3.1 Mandarin Channel
00:05:20 3.1.1 CRI News Radio (90.5 FM)
00:06:55 3.1.2 Chinese podcasts
00:07:42 3.2 English Channel
00:07:51 3.2.1 CRI in English (91.5 FM, 846 AM, 1008 AM)
00:09:13 3.2.2 English Podcasts
00:09:38 3.3 Holiday Broadcasts
00:10:12 3.4 Olympic Radio
00:10:48 4 Languages
00:11:13 5 Joint ventures
00:11:23 5.1 China International Broadcasting Network



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China Radio International (CRI) is a state-owned international radio broadcaster of the People's Republic of China. It is currently headquartered in Babaoshan area of Beijing's Shijingshan District. It was founded on December 3, 1941, as Radio Peking. It later adopted the pinyin form Radio Beijing. CRI also publishes online dailies called Beijing News and Beijing International.It has 32 overseas correspondent bureaus and 6  main regional bureaus, and broadcasts over 2700 hours of programming each day (24 hours in English), including news, current affairs, and features on politics, the economy, culture, science and technology. Its overseas reporting involves 65 languages. More than 50 shortwave transmitters are used to cover most of the world; it is broadcast via the internet and numerous satellites; and its programs are rebroadcast by many local FM and AM radio stations worldwide.
CRI states that it "endeavours to promote favourable relations between the PRC and the world" but upholds the PRC's official policies, including on controversial issues such as the political status of Taiwan and the Dalai Lama. As with other nations' external broadcasters such as Voice of America, BBC World Service and Radio Australia, CRI claims to "play a significant role in the PRC's soft power strategy" and "going out" policy, aiming to expand the influence of Chinese culture and media in a global stage. It is trying to employ new media to compete with other international media. Unlike those broadcasters, CRI's control via indirect majority ownership or financial support of radio stations in various nations is not published.China Radio International have been merged to create the China Media Group after the first session of the 13th National People's Congress in March, 2018.