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Aaron Careaga
Bellingham, WA
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Why does China Daily advertise in the WSJ?

It is known that China maintains tight control of its media. Censorship has become so extreme even corporations such as Google have refrained from doing business in China. Now it appears that China is trying to influence Westerners views of the country by running China Daily ads in the WSJ.

(See photo of wsj article here: http://www.outsider-trading.com/the-chinese-propaganda-machine/)

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Peter Vo
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Aug 12 2012: Keith Rupert Murdoch has a great relationship with China's political elites; he also owns WSJ. I believe there is a documentary on Netflix that gives great insight on Rupert Murdoch and his ties with China.

Go Vikings!
- pat gilbert 50+
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  Aug 12 2012: How the hell are you a Vikings fan?
  
  What is the upshot of Murdoch?
  
  Please be specific, I'm more that a little tired of this sophistry?
  - Peter Vo
    
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    Aug 12 2012: Aaron the original poster is from Bellingham, and I went to school up there at WWU; hence, go Vikings!
    
    Upshot with Murdoch, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/world/asia/26murdoch.html?pagewanted=all
    
    Sorry, I am tired!
Fritzie Reisner 100+
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Aug 11 2012: For a few weeks China Daily itself has been inserted in my local paper also, I notice.
pat gilbert 50+
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Aug 11 2012: Public relations 101

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