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
people from the surrounding structures injured. a fire had been hampering rescue workers in their search for victims. 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 will spend the programme talking about china s media strategy. i m sure you have seen tiktok has been in the news. its ceo was in front of us lawmakers 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 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 disinformation into the information ecosystem? let s start by understanding these broad ambitions of president xijinping
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 disinformation into the information ecosystem? let s start by understanding these broad ambitions of president xijinping and everyone else within the chinese state. i am joined by howard zhang, editor of bbc news chinese. but first, yuan yang, how would you outline china s media strategy and its ambitions? yes, thanks for having me on. there has been a really big push, particularly after the us china trade war in 2018, for chinese state media employees not only to speak to a chinese audience using the controlled media environment within china, but increasingly to reach out to an english speaking audience and to a foreign audience more widely, including on foreign social media platforms like twitter that are in fact censored or banned
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Now on bbc news, all the latest Business News live from singapore. A strong Earnings Results for way bow. Will we see similar numbers for tencent . Tencent . Good morning, asia. Glad you could join us for this midweek edition of Asia Business report. Chinese social Media Giant Weibo has reported reve nu es of Media Giant Weibo has reported revenues of just Media Giant Weibo has reported revenues ofjust under 200 million, an increase of 67 compared the year ago levels. Profits are coming in at about 47 million us. The Company Claims 347 million monthly active users, an increase of 30 over the past year. Another tech giant in china, tencent, is tipped to report encouraging numbers today. But with a saturated market, what are the other avenues for growth . Certainly they need to start looking outside of the chinese market. Theres still a lot of growth in chinese market, for example tencent are actively looking outside, looking at Notjust China but around hong kong and singapore. The chine