[lg policy] Chinese Media Targeted in Foreign Agent Crackdown CCTV’s U.S. arm agrees to register as an agent of the Chinese government. BY ELIAS GROLL | FEBRUARY 6, 2019, 6:13 PM Heavy pollution surrounds the China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters building in Beijing on Jan. 18, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) Heavy pollution surrounds the China Central Television (CCTV) headquarters building in Beijing on Jan. 18, 2012. (Ed Jones/AFP/Getty Images) In the coming weeks, American viewers of CGTN, the slick global news network, will begin seeing a notice on the network’s broadcasts: The channel is a registered foreign agent of the Chinese government. The notice is the culmination of an extended legal battle with the U.S. Justice Department, which has accused the channel of engaging in political activity on behalf of China and pressed for it to comply with a World War II-era law known as the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Trending Articles France and Germany Face Off Over Ru
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- Previous message (by thread): [lg policy] Ngugi Wa Thiong'o releases new book Michael Chepkwony And George Orido Posted On: 07th Feb 2019 00:00:00 GMT +0300 Veteran author Prof Ngugi wa Thiong'o at the Sarova Stanley Hotel when he pupularised his new book in Gikuyu Kenda Muiyuru published by the East Africa Educational Publishers yesterday. [PHOTO:GEORGE ORIDO/Standard] Renowned Kenyan author Professor Ngugi wa Thiong’o has asked the Government to make learning of vernacular a policy and an added advantage for employment in the civil service. “Government policy matters. Make African languages matter in real life. It should go all the way to secondary schools, universities and even the civil service. Knowing a local language should be an added advantage,” said the author of Weep not, Child yesterday. He added: “Universities and high schools have a responsibility (of promoting continuity in learning). Language is a serious instrument of learning.” Ngugi argued that during employment interviews, those who have m
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