Beijing Olympics 2.0: China’s soft power push | The Listening Post
The Listening Post - En podkast av Al Jazeera
The Olympics are back in Beijing, and China is using them as an opportunity to cleanse itself of its record on human rights as well as on its shrinking freedom of the press. Let the propaganda games begin.Contributors:Xu Qinduo - Presenter, CGTNSusan Brownell - Professor of anthropology, University of Missouri & author, Beijing's Games: What the Olympics Mean to ChinaYaqiu Wang - Senior researcher, Human Rights WatchJonathan Cheng - China bureau chief, The Wall Street JournalOn our radar:In Indian-administered Kashmir, the arrest of a journalist - another one - under terrorism and sedition charges is the latest development in an escalating war on journalism.Eric Zemmour: Far-right presidential candidate, protege of the French mediaFrance and a far-right journalist turned presidential contender - Eric Zemmour - and the TV channel behind his rise.Contributors:Aurelien Mondon - Associate professor of politics, University of BathRokhaya Diallo - Contributor, C8 & contributor, The Washington PostChristophe Deloire - Secretary-general, Reporters Without Borders
