us, now, tiktok absolutely denies that, chinese estate spokespeople have been saying they deny that as well. but it has raised broader questions about what china hopes to achieve with its media strategy around the world. how is it trying to create narratives that suit its goals? how is it, on occasions, trying to put this information into the information ecosystem? let s information ecosystem ? let s start information ecosystem? let s start by understanding these broad ambitions of president xi jinping and everyone else within the chinese state. i am joined by howard zhang, editor of bbc news chinese, but first, nguyen, how would you outline china s media strategy and its ambitions? ambitions? yes, thanks for havin: ambitions? yes, thanks for having me ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. there - ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. there has i ambitions? yes, thanks for. having me on. there has been ambitions? yes, thanks
the coast opposite taiwan, following president tsai ing wen s trip to the united states. beijing warned the island against what it called taiwanese separatists in collusion with external forces. and, buckingham palace has invited more than 850 community and charity representatives from across the uk to attend the coronation of king charles, which will take place on the sixth you re watching bbc news. now it s time for: the media show: china and the information war. hello. welcome to this latest edition of the media show. and we re going to spend the programme talking about china s media strategy, because i m sure you ve seen tiktok s been in the news. its ceo was up in front of us lawmakers a couple of weeks back, taking lots of questions about whether tiktok, which is owned by a chinese company, potentially poses a security threat to the us. now, tiktok absolutely denies that. chinese state spokespeople have been saying they deny that, too, but it s raised broader questions
some of the girls were hospitalised. china begins three days of military excercises off the coast opposite taiwan, following president tsai ing wen s trip to the united states. at 10:00 we will be here with a full round up of the day s news. first, the media show: china and the information war. hello. welcome to this latest edition of the media show. and we re going to spend the programme talking about china s media strategy, because i m sure you ve seen tiktok s been in the news. its ceo was up in front of us lawmakers a couple of weeks back, taking lots of questions about whether tiktok, which is owned by a chinese company, potentially poses a security threat to the us. now, tiktok absolutely denies that. chinese state spokespeople have been saying they deny that, too, but it s raised broader questions about what china hopes to achieve with its media strategy around the world. how is it trying to create narratives that suit its goals, how is it on occasions trying to put th
to be said. only through china goes through xinhua. even the other big media organisations, when it comes to big meetings, take the text literally from xinhua, which is why ijoined them, because if you re going to be in china, you might as well start essentially at the top. well start essentially at the to -. , , ., well start essentially at the to. , , top. did you see yourself as a journalist? top. did you see yourself as a journalist? no, top. did you see yourself as a journalist? no, i top. did you see yourself as a journalist? no, i had - top. did you see yourself as a journalist? no, i had no - journalist? no, i had no background journalist? no, i had no background at - journalist? no, i had no background at all. - journalist? no, i had no background at all. i - journalist? no, i had no i background at all. i mean, journalist? no, i had no - background at all. i mean, i studied media at university, but no, i worked in local government in the uk. 50 but no, i worked in loca
xinhua. which is why ijoined them, i because if you re going to be in china you might as well start centrally, at the top! did you see yourself as a journalist? oh, no, no, i had no background at all. i i mean, i studied media at university, but, no, i i worked in local government in the uk so, why did you do it? for love, basically. i met a girl, moved to china. she had a job there, - so i moved for a holiday, and i thought, if i m going to be in this place, i might as well- experience the country as close as possible. . and to the point that howard and yuan were making, did you feel that your presence within a chinese media organisation like xinhua had extra currency because of the fact that you were british? 0h, of course. i m a face. that s how we call ourselves. so, i knew i got in. because i m english, i m six foot, i white, i have a broadly neutral accents. these things increased my pay packet -