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...summit with Western powers, Russia and China, Iran added fuel to the incendiary debate over its nuclear ambitions by revealing the existence of a new uranium-enrichment facility outside the holy city of Qum. News of the plant, the second of its kind in Iran, drew sharp criticism from Western leaders, including President Obama, who condemned Tehran for "breaking rules" and demanded that the country "cooperate fully and comprehensively" with International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors. Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, insisted that plans for the plant were never secret and reiterated that Iran's nuclear...
...Deng Xiaoping's reform and opening policies, there are countless examples of how the country has changed over the decades. In the sphere of foreign media coverage, perhaps the most obvious came last week, when 300 news executives arrived in Beijing for the country's first World Media Summit, held Oct. 8 through Oct. 10. President Hu Jintao addressed the gathering, saying China would "safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of foreign news organizations and reporters and facilitate foreign media coverage of China in accordance with China's laws and regulations." He noted the growth in the foreign media...
...Beijing to "open its digital door" and improve foreign media and entertainment companies' access to mainland markets. "The embrace of the digital is as vital to China today as its decision 30 years ago to take its place in the global economy," Murdoch said in a speech at the summit. (See pictures of Shanghai today...
...small number of conglomerates like Murdoch's News Corp. and Time Warner. But in China, oversight of CCTV and Xinhua is consolidated in the hands of the party. When Li Congjun, head of the Xinhua News Agency and chief organizer of last week's event, noted during the summit that "there is some misunderstanding" that Xinhua was a "traditional media organization," Human Rights Watch researcher Nicholas Bequelin said he thought Li was preparing to be unusually candid about the party's role in news coverage. Instead, Li went on to describe Xinhua's extensive multimedia offerings. (See pictures...
...while the party's role in Chinese state media wasn't trumpeted, it also wasn't missed by human-rights activists and press critics who attended the conference. While the summit was billed as a nongovernmental event, David Bandurski of Hong Kong University's China Media Project noted on the project's website that Li was formerly the deputy chief of the CCP's propaganda department. The summit, Bandurski wrote, is "a naked ploy by the CCP to enhance China's global influence over media agendas," and the foreign media representatives "an audience at court...