CUSIB’s Reggie Littlejohn, Women’s Rights Without Frontiers president, commented on Voice of America’s effectiveness in China. I believe that the VOA Mandarin Service has been singled out for the chopping block precisely because of its effectiveness – it has been the leading international broadcaster into China for nearly 70 years and has an enormous following […]
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. […]