stations, but it does have a majority share via a subsidiary in the company that leases WCRW in Washington and a Philadelphia station with a similarly high-powered signal. parent corporation of a station.ĬRI itself doesn’t hold ownership stakes in U.S. Under the Communications Act, foreign individuals, governments and corporations are permitted to hold up to 20 percent ownership directly in a station and up to 25 percent in the U.S. law enforced by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prohibits foreign governments or their representatives from holding a radio licence for a U.S. officials said federal authorities should investigate whether the arrangement violates laws governing foreign media and agents in the United States.Ī U.S. But American officials charged with monitoring foreign media ownership and propaganda said they were unaware of the Chinese-controlled radio operation inside the United States until contacted by Reuters. Corporate records in the United States and China show a Beijing-based subsidiary of the Chinese state-owned radio broadcaster owns 60 percent of an American company that leases almost all of the station’s airtime.Ĭhina has a number of state-run media properties, such as the Xinhua news agency, that are well-known around the world. The network reaches from Finland to Nepal to Australia, and from Philadelphia to San Francisco.Īt WCRW, Beijing holds a direct financial interest in the Washington station’s broadcasts. Three Chinese expatriate businessmen, who are CRI’s local partners, run the companies and in some cases own a stake in the stations. Many of these stations primarily broadcast content created or supplied by CRI or by media companies it controls in the United States, Australia and Europe. WCRW is just one of a growing number of stations across the world through which Beijing is broadcasting China-friendly news and programming.Ī Reuters investigation spanning four continents has identified at least 33 radio stations in 14 countries that are part of a global radio web structured in a way that obscures its majority shareholder: state-run China Radio International, or CRI. Instead, an analyst explained that tensions in the region were due to unnamed “external forces” trying “to insert themselves into this part of the world using false claims.”īehind WCRW’s coverage is a fact that’s never broadcast: The Chinese government controls much of what airs on the station, which can be heard on Capitol Hill and at the White House. Located outside Washington, D.C., WCRW radio made no mention of China’s provocative island project. Ford Motor Company reserves the right to modify the terms of this plan at any time.The headquarters of China Radio International (CRI) is seen in Beijing August 24, 2011. See your Ford or Lincoln Dealer for complete details and qualifications. If you need additional information concerning the A/Z Plans, please refer back to your A/Z Plan Pricing website for complete details.Ī/X/Z Plan pricing, including A/X/Z Plan option pricing, is exclusively for eligible Ford Motor Company employees, friends and family members of eligible employees, and Ford Motor Company eligible partners.
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