China Radio International
China Radio International ( CRI; Chinese中国 国际 广播 电台, Pinyin Zhōngguó Guoji guǎngbō Diantai, short国际 台, Guoji TAI ), formerly Radio Beijing, is the state 's international broadcaster of the People's Republic of China. The abbreviation comes from the English name CRI China Radio International. CRI operates the most extensive service abroad in Asia. This affects both the number of broadcasting hours as well as the number of languages in which is transmitted. The country code of the International Telecommunication Union ( ITU ) for the People's Republic of China is CHN.
History
China Radio International started began broadcasting on December 3, 1941. Domestic events, assessment of world politics from the Chinese perspective, language courses and intercultural understanding are the focus of the programs. His program radiates the transmitter in standard Chinese ( Putonghua ), four Chinese dialects and 56 languages from, including English and German ( since April 15, 1960).
A few months after the transmission mode was included in the German language, the station was supported by a team of several experts from the GDR. After a few months, however, it came against the backdrop of deteriorating relations between the Soviet Union to its allies, the GDR was, and the People's Republic of China. The Germans were in the revision of the article " Long Live Leninism " from the journal Hongqi ( The Red Flag ) and two more articles ( Lu Dingyi or by the editors of People's Daily ) from April 1960 alleged to have falsified this consciously. Shortly thereafter, the Soviet Union withdrew from all consultants from China, and to a person left the Germans China. Later, a German doctor who had assumed Chinese citizenship, then used an Austrian and later a member of the West German KPD for work in the transmitter.
In the 1990s there was an exchange program with the German transmitter shaft. Even today employs Radio China International, several foreign experts German mother tongue.
Technical details
The station has over 50 shortwave stations in China and uses a relay station in Mali. Other transmitters in Russia, France, French Guiana, Spain, Albania, Canada, Luxembourg and Finland are under cooperation agreements with other broadcast companies available.