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If I understand this correctly, China has proposed to "train" some Cambodian journalists to inform the public "correctly" about Chinese economic expansion into Cambodia.
Well, I do hope this works out. Just what Cambodia needs, spin lessons from the Chinese authorities. We all need to understand that the Chinese are here to help the Cambodian people out of pure open-hearted generosity. :dm:
(I think that about wraps it up. Why do they need 2 days training for that ?)


(Beijing) – In a blatant display of Chinese government public relations, the China Foundation for Peace and Development (CFPD) is considering a training course for Cambodian journalists to “accurately report” information about its “One Belt One Road” initiative.

The training course is to be held at the request of Cambodian journalists, who last week met in Beijing alongside Chinese and Cambodian government officials and NGOs as part of an official visit to discuss the initiative...

“So in order to respond to the purpose of our Chinese counterpart, I think they should train our journalists to make this Belt and Road initiative successful,” he said...

The initiative, unveiled two years ago by Chinese Premier Xi Jinping, will see massive infrastructure development, including roads, railways and ports, as well as communications and electricity grids...
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24381/ ... urnalists/
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Chairman Mao - you are the red sun in our hearts!
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:thumb: Here's an even better idea - ask the Russian government-owned news agency for advice on "news-writing skills". Maybe they should also ask the Thais... or North Korea.

Press unit seeks guidance from Russian state media
Tue, 1 November 2016
Bun Sengkong and Erin Handley

The government’s Press and Quick Reaction Unit has sought the services of Russia’s government-owned news agency to help prevent a “colour revolution”, spokesperson Tith Sothea confirmed yesterday.

The Russian News Agency, better known as TASS, is an integral part of President Vladimir Putin’s propaganda machine and has repeatedly been accused of fabricating reports, especially about the conflicts in Ukraine and Syria.

Svay Sitha, head of the Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PQRU), proposed TASS provide training on news writing skills in a meeting with TASS general director Sergey Mikhaylov on Friday. The reason, according to a statement published on the PQRU website, was because “Russia has many years of experience of successfully preventing colour revolution and in that the press has played an important role in maintaining social stability”...

http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p ... tate-media
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Meanwhile over on ThaiVisa they have it as the Ruskies doing this for Thailand.

Meanwhile over here I set in a state of confusement but really don't give a hoot.

Spin, spin, spin.

We all just see what we want to see and disregard the rest. So there! Pfft.
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It's a go. This should improve Cambodian journalism no end.

Ministry, Cambodian Journalists Strengthen Links to China
April 11, 2017

Information Ministry officials and state-affiliated Cambodian journalists will receive training from and pay visits to their Chinese counterparts under a new agreement signed by the two countries on Monday.

Journalists and officials will be offered specialized reporting and technical training in China—which ranked near the bottom of the Reporters Without Borders’ 2016 World Press Freedom Index of 181 countries—according to the memorandum of understanding inked by Information Minister Khieu Kanharith and his Chinese counterpart Jiang Jieshi.

https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/mini ... na-127863/
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Anchor Moy wrote: Tue Nov 01, 2016 11:51 am :thumb: Here's an even better idea - ask the Russian government-owned news agency for advice on "news-writing skills". Maybe they should also ask the Thais... or North Korea.

Press unit seeks guidance from Russian state media
Tue, 1 November 2016
Bun Sengkong and Erin Handley

Svay Sitha, head of the Press and Quick Reaction Unit (PQRU), proposed TASS provide training on news writing skills in a meeting with TASS general director Sergey Mikhaylov on Friday. The reason, according to a statement published on the PQRU website, was because “Russia has many years of experience of successfully preventing colour revolution and in that the press has played an important role in maintaining social stability”...
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/p ... tate-media
Russian take on colour revolutions:

Countering Color Revolutions: Russia’s New Security Strategy and its Implications for U.S. Policy - Dmitry Gorenburg 2014

Russian officials at the MCIS conference described color revolutions as a new technique of aggression pioneered by the United States and geared toward destroying a state from within by dividing its population. The advantage of this technique, compared to military intervention, is that it requires a relatively low expenditure of resources to achieve its goals.

While the West considers color revolutions to be peaceful expressions of popular will opposing repressive authoritarian regimes, Russian officials argue that military force is an integral part of all aspects of color revolutions. Western governments start by using non-military tactics to change opposing governments through color revolutions that utilize the protest potential of the population to engineer peaceful regime change. But military force is concealed behind this effort.
https://russiamil.wordpress.com/2014/09 ... -s-policy/
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With Cambodia’s free press under fire, ‘China model’ makes inroads
Published on 03.06.2018 at 03h54 by AFP

As Cambodia’s once-robust press freedom comes under attack, Chinese-linked outlets have found new footing ahead of July elections, pushing the country’s media toward an authoritarian model — and bolstering strongman HE’s tight grip on power.

Critical coverage is increasingly drowned out by gushing pro-government tirades and pro-Beijing content as China extends its influence beyond business into Cambodia’s press.

At the forefront of this shift is government-friendly website Fresh News. The owner Lim Chea Vutha, in a crisp suit and flashy ring, welcomes Beijing’s support with open arms, namely in the form of sponsored trips to China.

“As a Cambodian citizen, I declare that I support China, I support Chinese investment in Cambodia,” the 38-year-old told AFP in the company’s modern newsroom, as dozens of young reporters huddled over computers nearby.

Several of his employees have been treated to reporting trips on Beijing’s dime, he said, and he travelled there in early June.

In February, he launched a Mandarin-language version of the site, which brims with articles hailing the Cambodian government’s achievements and Chinese state media coverage.

His sentiment reflects the nation’s love affair with its Communist neighbour, which floated $1.4 billion in approved foreign direct investment in 2017 as part of its massive “One Belt, One Road” infrastructure plan — double the previous year and outspending all other countries.

Chinese loans have relieved Prime Minister HE of reliance on the Western aid that pushed Cambodia’s democratisation after the Khmer Rouge’s brutal reign in the late 1970s.

That has given HE, who has been in office for 33 years, room to choke independent media he was once under pressure to permit, smoothing the path to election victory on July 29.
https://www.journalducameroun.com/en/wi ... s-inroads/
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Chinese media summit allows discussion on freedom of the press.

Freedom of Information in Cambodia Is Wide Open, Says CEO of Fresh News in SCO Media Summit
03/06/18 22:22
Beijing (FN), June 3 - Founder and CEO of Fresh News in Cambodia, Lim Chea Vutha told the mainstream media outlets from 17 countries that the freedom of expression and rights to information in Cambodia is comprehensive and all-inclusive.

He added that the Royal Government of Cambodia allows media to publish content without inspections nor pressures including the dissemination of news on social media as long as it is in accordance with the law, speaking in "The First Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Media Summit, held in Beijing on Friday.

The SCO Media Summit gathered delegates of media outlets from 18 countries to engage in an in-depth exchanges of views on jointly strengthening media exchanges and cooperation within the SCO framework.

The 18 countries are India, Kazakhstan, China, Kyrgyzstan, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Afghanistan, Belarus, Iran and Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Cambodia, Nepal, Turkey and Sri Lanka.
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What makes a good journalist in China? Someone willing to go on the attack in defence of Communist Party propaganda, it seems
Audrey Jiajia Li says under orders from Xi Jinping and party bosses, Chinese journalists have been increasingly weaponised to not only spread the party line but attack opposing views
PUBLISHED : Thursday, 11 October, 2018, 1:01am
While a TV reporter in China, I was selected as a finalist for the China News Award, the highest national journalism prize, two years in a row. The first time, I actually won. However, the award and finalist status were both retracted due to what authorities deemed “negative impact”, meaning my work was at odds with the “correct guidance of public opinion”. I eventually realised I would never make a good journalist by official standards, let alone win a prize.

In February 2016, when I read that President Xi Jinping had asked for absolute loyalty from state media and demanded they bear the “family name of the [Communist] Party”, I was convinced that the professional journalistic skills and ethical principles taught in international academic institutions would not apply in China.

Against the backdrop of increasingly vehement nationalistic rhetoric in the traditional media and on the internet, an even more demanding performance criteria for evaluating my colleagues has become the new norm: Chinese journalists should proudly proclaim that they are propaganda workers, and are expected to confront anyone who dares not to adhere to the official narrative.
Chinese journalist who slapped volunteer at event on Hong Kong released by British police

As a result, I didn’t find the recent news involving a China Central Television (CCTV) reporter, Kong Linlin, surprising. Kong was detained last week in the UK after losing it during an event on Hong Kong autonomy, where she shouted at the speakers, called them puppets and traitors and allegedly slapped one volunteer who attempted to escort her out.

In Chinese politics, reactions afterwards are usually more important than the event itself. The Chinese embassy in London quickly ratcheted up its condemnation of how the incident was handled and demanded an apology from the organisers – Hong Kong Watch and the Conservative Party Human Rights Commission.

The diplomatic mission stated: “In a country that boasts freedom of speech, it is puzzling that the Chinese journalist should encounter obstruction in such a way and even assault at the fringe event when she simply raised a question and expressed her opinions. This is completely unacceptable.” The embassy announced a day later that Kong had been released, “amid stern representations from the Chinese embassy and public pressure”.

Reactions to the incident suggest that the authorities were not only interested in gaining her release, but also appreciative of her actions. On the highly censored Sina Weibo, China’s equivalent to Twitter, the reporter was hailed a hero by many and some of her CCTV coworkers quickly applauded.

The ancient Chinese philosopher Mencius once said: “What the superior favours will receive excessively enthusiastic responses from his subordinates.” While it might seem inappropriate for a professional press card holder to heckle conference participants, if such incidents can bring career advancement, or elevate the person to role-model status, such an act isn’t so irrational.
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Guangxi Province, China: Twelve Cambodian journalists returned home on 2 November after a field trip at the invitation of the Ambassador of the People's Republic of China to Cambodia, co-ordinated by the Chinese news agency, Xinhua news. The twelve journalists were sent by the Ministry of Information of Cambodia to conduct a study tour in China. Among them, on the 12-day visit from October 22- November 2, 2018, were journalists from the news agency Rasmei Kampuchea.

The Cambodian journalists visited four cities and met with Chinese specialists to gain information on development activities in various fields, including agriculture, agro-industry, health, education and culture.
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