China blocks News Corp. plan for TV Channel
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The News Corporation Ltd. of the United States was planning to create a television station for the Chinese market only to be quashed by Chinese regulators. Beijing is cracking down on local as well as foreign mass media. Chinese regulators are concerned that foreign investment could erode the government's political control of the mass media.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
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China to tackle gap between rich, poor
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China's Communist Party is holding a conference to create a five year plan for the economy. It is expected that the economic plan will boost social services and address growing economic inequities within China, although details of the economic policy have not been reported.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
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