Hong Kong: RSF concerned by future “partnership” between public broadcaster RTHK and Chinese state media


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News Hong Kong: RSF concerned by future “partnership” between public broadcaster RTHK and Chinese state media On 9th of August, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that public broadcaster Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK) would build a long-term “partnership” with state media conglomerate, China Media Group (CMG) in order to boost “the understanding” of the Chinese Communist Party and to nurture “a stronger sense of patriotism” in Hong Kong. Lam only mentioned the possible broadcasting of “dramas and documentaries” but the cooperation is likely to extend to news-related contents. “The Hong Kong government, which has already censored an overwhelming...