Plans to shift bulk of service from UK ‘underestimates level of threat posed by Chinese regime to editorial integrity’ as corporation seeks to gash costsBBC World Service staff have condemned cuts to the BBC Chinese Service,which will see the bulk of it move from the UK to Hong Kong, saying it threatens its independence.
A letter is being sent to former BBC chairman and the final governor of Hong Kong Chris Patten and the Foreign Office to petition for support after the corporation resolve to relocate the Chinese service off-shore to save money, and but also because “competitors are outperforming us”.
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Source: theguardian.com