Radio Free Asia (RFA-January 12) reported that on January 6, Xinhua posted an article that China has
broadcast “Discover Shihezi (a city in Xinjiang)” in Chinese and English on the electric billboard “China
Screen” at Times Square in New York, 48 times a day for 7 consecutive days. In addition, on January 7, Xinhua posted the same video on the websites of the Paris-based Nouvelles d’Europe newspaper and Japan’s
AFPBB News and its social media. The videos were in Chinese, English, French, and German. The videos
claimed that Shihezi’s present-day “prosperity” is the result of more than 70 years of development under the
CCP’s leadership. RFA added that in July 2011, Xinhua News Agency rented the biggest and best-located
billboard at Times Square, a 60 inch by 40 inch screen. Media said the rent could be US $300,000 to $400,000
per month
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