After four decades in the former British colony, BBC World Service is to be mostly replaced with China’s state radio channelAfter nearly 40 years of continuous broadcast in Hong Kong, a 24-hour transmission of the BBC World Service will go silent in the former British colony, replaced with programming from China’s state radio channel. The move by Radio Television Hong Kong, owned by the local government, was meant to “enhance the cultural exchange between the mainland and Hong Kong”, a spokesman said. The BBC has been broadcast continuously since 1978 on the same channel in Hong Kong. Eight hours of the BBC World Service will still be played overnight from 11pm to 7am local time, RTHK said. Some in Hong Kong saw a more sinister side to the change, denying citizens a reliable source of information on world affairs.

Source: The Guardian August 13, 2017 01:30 UTC