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BBC condemns China's 'deliberate' jamming of World Service broadcasts
Source: The Guardian
BBC condemns China's 'deliberate' jamming of World Service broadcasts
John Plunkett
guardian.co.uk, Monday 25 February 2013 12.57 GMT
The BBC has "strongly condemned" the "deliberate and co-ordinated" jamming of the BBC World Service by authorities in China.
On Monday the corporation issued a statement after receiving reports that its shortwave frequencies were being blocked in China.
It follows jamming of the BBC's Persian service in Iran, and comes days after a BBC news crew was detained and their video footage confiscated while they investigated a cyber-espionage group in China.
The BBC's director of global news Peter Horrocks said: "The jamming of shortwave transmissions is being timed to cause maximum disruption to BBC World Service English broadcasts in China.
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John Plunkett
guardian.co.uk, Monday 25 February 2013 12.57 GMT
The BBC has "strongly condemned" the "deliberate and co-ordinated" jamming of the BBC World Service by authorities in China.
On Monday the corporation issued a statement after receiving reports that its shortwave frequencies were being blocked in China.
It follows jamming of the BBC's Persian service in Iran, and comes days after a BBC news crew was detained and their video footage confiscated while they investigated a cyber-espionage group in China.
The BBC's director of global news Peter Horrocks said: "The jamming of shortwave transmissions is being timed to cause maximum disruption to BBC World Service English broadcasts in China.
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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2013/feb/25/bbc-condemns-china-jamming-world-service