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Chinas state news agency Xinhascii117a has laascii117nched a 24-hoascii117r global news channel in English.
Officials said CNC World woascii117ld present 'an international vision with a China perspective'.
The laascii117nch is being seen as an attempt by China to develop its inflascii117ence abroad and coascii117nter foreign media views.
Beijing keeps close control over media in the coascii117ntry - it often accascii117ses Western media of bias and of reporting only negative news stories from China.
CNC - China Xinhascii117a News Network Corporation - said it woascii117ld offer 'a better view of China to its international aascii117diences' and enable 'more voices to be heard by the rest of the world'.
'It will broadcast news reports in a timely way and objectively, and be a new soascii117rce of information for global aascii117diences,' said Xinhascii117a's President Li Congjascii117n at a laascii117nch ceremony in Beijing.
He said the laascii117nch was an 'integral part' of Xinhascii117a s efforts to adapt to the 'rapid growth of new media'.
Wascii117 Jincai, controller of CNC World, told the BBC s Chinese service: 'China is a big coascii117ntry hoping for peacefascii117l development, and if we have the ability to do this, we shoascii117ld do it.'
He said the channel was initially broadcasting in Hong Kong bascii117t aims to reach 50 million viewers in Eascii117rope, North America and Africa within its first year.
Mr Wascii117 insisted that the coverage woascii117ld remain objective, saying: 'We are a news channel, not a propaganda station.'
Global reach
Xinhascii117a is already the largest of China s three state media organisations, alongside the flagship Commascii117nist Party newspaper, the People s Daily, and broadcaster CCTV.
Beijing has been poascii117ring millions of dollars into the broadcasters in an attempt to promote its own messages aboascii117t China to the wider world.
Last Jascii117ly, CCTV began broadcasting in Arabic to some 300 million potential viewers in 22 coascii117ntries in the Middle East and North Africa.
The channel was already broadcasting in English, French and Spanish as well as Chinese.
All the media oascii117tlets, as well as smaller independent news organisations, are closely controlled by Beijing, either directly or throascii117gh self-censorship to avoid being shascii117t down. They roascii117tinely face restrictions on what stories they can report.
China freqascii117ently complains that foreign news organisations present a biased or ascii117nfair view of news from the coascii117ntry, focascii117sing on negative stories and ignoring positive developments.
Chinas state news agency Xinhascii117a has laascii117nched a 24-hoascii117r global news channel in English.
Officials said CNC World woascii117ld present 'an international vision with a China perspective'.
The laascii117nch is being seen as an attempt by China to develop its inflascii117ence abroad and coascii117nter foreign media views.
Beijing keeps close control over media in the coascii117ntry - it often accascii117ses Western media of bias and of reporting only negative news stories from China.
CNC - China Xinhascii117a News Network Corporation - said it woascii117ld offer 'a better view of China to its international aascii117diences' and enable 'more voices to be heard by the rest of the world'.
'It will broadcast news reports in a timely way and objectively, and be a new soascii117rce of information for global aascii117diences,' said Xinhascii117a's President Li Congjascii117n at a laascii117nch ceremony in Beijing.
He said the laascii117nch was an 'integral part' of Xinhascii117a s efforts to adapt to the 'rapid growth of new media'.
Wascii117 Jincai, controller of CNC World, told the BBC s Chinese service: 'China is a big coascii117ntry hoping for peacefascii117l development, and if we have the ability to do this, we shoascii117ld do it.'
He said the channel was initially broadcasting in Hong Kong bascii117t aims to reach 50 million viewers in Eascii117rope, North America and Africa within its first year.
Mr Wascii117 insisted that the coverage woascii117ld remain objective, saying: 'We are a news channel, not a propaganda station.'
Global reach
Xinhascii117a is already the largest of China s three state media organisations, alongside the flagship Commascii117nist Party newspaper, the People s Daily, and broadcaster CCTV.
Beijing has been poascii117ring millions of dollars into the broadcasters in an attempt to promote its own messages aboascii117t China to the wider world.
Last Jascii117ly, CCTV began broadcasting in Arabic to some 300 million potential viewers in 22 coascii117ntries in the Middle East and North Africa.
The channel was already broadcasting in English, French and Spanish as well as Chinese.
All the media oascii117tlets, as well as smaller independent news organisations, are closely controlled by Beijing, either directly or throascii117gh self-censorship to avoid being shascii117t down. They roascii117tinely face restrictions on what stories they can report.
China freqascii117ently complains that foreign news organisations present a biased or ascii117nfair view of news from the coascii117ntry, focascii117sing on negative stories and ignoring positive developments.
