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China's Xinhua News Agency Opens Office In Suva
China's Xinhua News Agency Opens Office In Suva
http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/pacbeat/stories/201103/s3170794.htm
MELBOURNE (Radio Australia/Pacific Media Watch): China's state-run media XINHUA opening up an office in Fiji is a sign of growing relations between the two counties.
For news organisations around the world though, Fiji is a particularly difficult country to cover accurately because of censorship issues.
Frank Bainimarama and his interim government's strict media decree means only positive news is reported - it Is a challenge no doubt that XINHUA's Suva chief Jiang Xianming will face.
But Jiang is no stranger to challenges - he has been reporting on the frontline from some of the world's most dangerous places for 35 years.
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