Editing China Radio International (section)

{{Short description|State radio broadcaster in China}}
{{Redirect|Radio Beijing|the municipal radio station (Radio Beijing Corporation)|Beijing Renmin Guangbo Diantai}}
{{Infobox broadcasting network
| name = China Radio International<br />{{nobold|{{lang|zh-hans|中国国际广播电台}}}}
| type = [[State media]]
| founded = 3 December [[1941 in radio|1941]]
| country = China
| headquarters = [[Beijing]], China
| broadcast_area = Worldwide
| owner = 
| former_names = {{plainlist|
* Radio Peking
* Radio Beijing
}}
| website = {{Official URL}}
| network_name = 
| network_logo = Radio China International.svg
| logo = 
| parent = [[China Media Group]]
| image = CRI headquarters (20230303095214).jpg
| caption = CRI headquarters
}}
{{Infobox Chinese
| showflag = cp
| s = 中国国际<BR>广播电台
| t = 中國國際<br>廣播電台
| p = Zhōngguó Guójì Guǎngbō Diàntái
| mi = {{IPAc-cmn|zh|ong|1|g|uo|2|-|g|uo|2|j|i|4|-|g|uang|3|b|o|1|-|d|ian|4|t|ai|2}}
| w = Chungkuo Kuochi Kuangpo Tient'ai
| j = Zung<sup>1</sup>gwok<sup>3</sup> Gwok<sup>3</sup>zai<sup>3</sup> Gwong<sup>2</sup>bo<sup>3</sup> Din<sup>6</sup>toi<sup>4</sup>
| order = st
| l = China International Radio Station
}}
{{Politics of China |expanded = Publicity }}
[[File:CRI headquarters (20210503185450).jpg|thumb|CRI headquarters in Shijingshan, Beijing]]
'''China Radio International''' ('''CRI''')<!--Chinese in infobox; see WP:MOS-ZH--> is the [[State media|state-owned]] international radio broadcaster of [[China]]. It is currently headquartered in [[Babaoshan Subdistrict|Babaoshan]], Shijingshan, Beijing. It was founded on December 3, 1941, as '''Radio Peking'''. It later adopted the [[pinyin]] form '''Radio Beijing'''.

CRI is the international radio arm of the [[China Media Group]], under the control of the [[Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party|Central Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party]], created following the first session of the [[13th National People's Congress]] in March 2018.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Bandurski |first=David |date=February 12, 2021 |title=All This Talk of Independence |url=https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/02/12/all-this-talk-of-independence/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210215140931/https://chinamediaproject.org/2021/02/12/all-this-talk-of-independence/ |archive-date=February 15, 2021 |access-date=February 22, 2021 |work=China Media Project}}</ref><ref name=":5">{{Cite news |last=Buckley |first=Chris |date=2018-03-21 |title=China Gives Communist Party More Control Over Policy and Media |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/world/asia/china-communist-party-xi-jinping.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211112211222/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/21/world/asia/china-communist-party-xi-jinping.html |archive-date=2021-11-12 |access-date=2021-11-12 |work=[[The New York Times]] |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> CRI states that it "endeavours to promote favourable relations between the PRC and the world" while upholding the PRC's official positions. CRI claims to "play a significant role in the PRC's [[soft power]] strategy" and [[Go Out policy]], aiming to expand the influence of Chinese culture and media in a global stage. CRI attempts to employ [[new media]] and partnerships with other media outlets to compete with other international media.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Karásková |first=Ivana |date=September 25, 2023 |title=How China's Propaganda Infiltrated Radio Stations in Europe |url=https://thediplomat.com/2023/09/how-chinas-propaganda-infiltrated-radio-stations-in-europe/ |access-date=2023-09-28 |website=[[The Diplomat (magazine)|The Diplomat]] |language=en-US}}</ref> Unlike other broadcasters, CRI's control via indirect majority ownership or financial support of radio stations in various nations is not publicly disclosed.<ref name="Reuters">{{cite news| title=Beijing's covert radio network airs China-friendly news across Washington, and the world| url=https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-radio/| publisher=[[Reuters]]| first1=Koh Gui| last1=Qing| first2=John| last2=Shiffman| date=2 November 2015| access-date=2 November 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151102183225/http://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/china-radio/| archive-date=2 November 2015| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Shiffman |first1=John |last2=Qing |first2=Koh Gui |date=2015-11-02 |title=FCC, Justice Department investigate covert Chinese radio network |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-radio-fcc-idUSKCN0SR2AI20151102 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200706005351/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-radio-fcc-idUSKCN0SR2AI20151102 |archive-date=2020-07-06 |access-date=2020-07-05 |work=[[Reuters]] |language=en}}</ref>