Source: Hindustan Times | Zia Haq, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, January 01, 2014
Along an extensive and ill-defined Indo-China border, from Ladakh in the north to Bihar in the east, Chinese radio and television fare streams freely into Indian homes, aiming to enhance China's sphere of influence.
For six hours every day, the Chinese broadcast a rich mix of multi-lingual news, political commentary, interviews, cultural programmes and even Mandarin language classes from across stations based in Nepal. In pockets with weak Indian signals, Indian listeners are warmly greeted by the Chinese radio, with its growing Nepali network.
Amid China's growing engagement with Nepal, the state-run China Radio International (CRI) three years ago acquired the "downlink" permission to rebroadcast its programmes across Nepal, with Nepali, Chinese and English content.
The CRI now has a Kathmandu bureau staffed by locals and its programmes are further relayed by more than 200 smaller Nepali FM stations into India with a "domino effect".
The programmes have alarmed India's security establishment, prompting the information and broadcasting ministry to mount a technological upgrade of border broadcast infrastructure through Prasar Bharati.............
Read more at http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-prepares-to-halt-chinese-airwave-intrusion/article1-1168429.aspx
New Delhi, January 01, 2014
Along an extensive and ill-defined Indo-China border, from Ladakh in the north to Bihar in the east, Chinese radio and television fare streams freely into Indian homes, aiming to enhance China's sphere of influence.
For six hours every day, the Chinese broadcast a rich mix of multi-lingual news, political commentary, interviews, cultural programmes and even Mandarin language classes from across stations based in Nepal. In pockets with weak Indian signals, Indian listeners are warmly greeted by the Chinese radio, with its growing Nepali network.
Amid China's growing engagement with Nepal, the state-run China Radio International (CRI) three years ago acquired the "downlink" permission to rebroadcast its programmes across Nepal, with Nepali, Chinese and English content.
The CRI now has a Kathmandu bureau staffed by locals and its programmes are further relayed by more than 200 smaller Nepali FM stations into India with a "domino effect".
The programmes have alarmed India's security establishment, prompting the information and broadcasting ministry to mount a technological upgrade of border broadcast infrastructure through Prasar Bharati.............
Read more at http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-prepares-to-halt-chinese-airwave-intrusion/article1-1168429.aspx
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