Dr. Helle Dale of the Heritage Foundation, who keeps a close eye on the Broadcasting Board of Governors and U.S. international broadcasting, noted in the foundation’s blog that the Senate Committee on Appropriations put a break this week on the BBG’s plans to end Voice of America radio and television broadcasts to China, BBG Watch […]
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Don’t junk critical leverage over Beijing — John Lenczowski on VOA in China
Silencing VOA programming would end U.S. support for China’s freedom, BBG Watch reported quoting from John Lenczowski’s recent newspaper commentary on U.S. international broadcasting. John Lenczowski, who as President Reagan’s Soviet affairs adviser was instrumental in increasing funding for Voice of America and Radio Free Europe broadcasts to Poland during Solidarity’s struggle for democracy, wrote […]
Senate Committee on Appropriations tells BBG: VOA radio and TV to China must continue
Reposted from the BBG Watch website. The Senate Committee on Appropriations has rejected the Broadcasting Board of Governors’ (BBG) proposal to end Voice of America (VOA) radio and TV broadcasts to China and criticized the BBG for the lack of transparency. The committee recommended $740,039,000 for U.S. international broadcasting operations, for the operating and engineering […]
Why Would U.S. Taxpayers Publish a Celebration of the 9/11 Attack? — Michael Rubin in Commentary
Now, as the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks nears, it may be time for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) to consider its mission and how it achieves it, wrote Michael Rubin in Commentary magazine post Why Would U.S. Taxpayers Publish a Celebration of the 9/11 Attack? Read BBG Watch commentary.
Former Chinese political prisoner says VOA must not retreat from China
VOA Cannot Retreat from China by Jing Zhang President Women’s Rights in China Reposted from the BBG Watch website. I remember an afternoon forty years ago. My father furiously slapped my uncle. The argument was behind closed doors and hushed. I couldn’t make out the reason. Later my sister told me that uncle listened to […]
Fox News reports on Congressional efforts to save VOA radio and TV to China
Fox News reported — Lawmakers Scramble to Keep Voice of America On Air in China — that Congressional lawmakers are scrambling to prevent America’s international media arm from going off-air in China, arguing that a plan to shift much of its reporting to the Internet won’t do much good in a country notorious for its […]
Secretary Clinton: U.S. is losing the information war
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton — So we are in an information war. And we are losing that war. I’ll be very blunt in my assessment. Al-Jazeera is winning. The Chinese have opened up a global English-language and multi-language television network. The Russians have opened up an English-language network. I’ve seen it in a few […]
Don't silence Voice of America to China
The Washington Times has published an op-ed by CUSIB’s Ted Lipien, Free Media Online president, urging Congress to stop the Broadcasting Board of Governors from silencing the Voice of America radio to China. A Chinese free labor union leader like Poland’s Walesa could be declared expendable by the BBG, which manages U.S. international broadcasting operations, […]
Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee Protests BBG Plans to Eliminate VOA Radio to China
February 28, 2011 Open Letter to Members of House Appropriations Committee Dear Members of Congress: This letter is to request your strong support to restore the budget for Voice of America Cantonese Service and Voice of America Mandarin Service in the FY 2012 Budget. We object to the proposal by the Broadcasting […]
Senator Lugar: Another U.S. Deficit -China and America- Public Diplomacy in the Age of the Internet
From Senator Lugar’s website: On February 15, 2011, Senator Dick Lugar released a report prepared by the minority staff of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee. In his letter accompanying the report, Senator Lugar wrote: Official U.S. interest in China for political, economic and strategic reasons has been part of our foreign policy for decades. […]