Fiktiv China - China Radio International

China Radio International (CRI) is a state-owned international radio broadcaster of China. It is currently headquartered in Babaoshan area of Beijing's Shijingshan District. It was founded on December 3, 1941, as Radio Peking. It later adopted the pinyin form Radio Beijing.

It has 32 overseas correspondent bureaux and 6 main regional bureaux, and broadcasts over 2,700 hours of programming each day (24 hours in English), including news, current affairs, and features on politics, the economy, culture, science and technology. Its overseas reporting involves 65 languages. More than 50 shortwave transmitters are used to cover most of the world; it is broadcast via the internet and numerous satellites; and its programs are rebroadcast by many local AM and FM radio stations worldwide.

CRI states that it "endeavours to promote favourable relations between the Republic of China and the world". As with other nations' external broadcasters such as Voice of America, BBC World Service and Radio Australia, CRI claims to "play a significant role in the China's soft power strategy" and "going out" policy, aiming to expand the influence of Chinese culture and media in a global stage. It is trying to employ new media to compete with other international media.

Radio was first introduced in China in the 1920s and 1930s. However, few households had radio receivers. A few cities had commercial stations. Most usage of radio was for political purpose, frequently on a local area level.

The Chinese Communist Party first used radio in Yanan Shaanxi Province in March 1940 with a transmitter imported from Moscow. Xinhua New Chinese Radio (XNCR) went on the air from Yanan on December 30, 1940. XNCR transmitted to a larger geographical area after 1945, and its programs became more regular and formalised with broadcasts of news, official announcements, war bulletins, and art and literary programs.

The English service started on September 11, 1947, transmitting as XNCR from a cave in Shahe in the Taihang Mountains, when China was in the midst of a civil war, to announce newly conquered areas and broadcast a Chinese political and cultural perspective to the world at large. The station moved from the Taihang Mountains to the capital, Peking, when The People's Republic of China was formed in 1949. Its name was changed to Radio Peking on April 10, 1950, and to Radio Beijing in 1983. Less than 6 months after the fall of the communist regime on January 1, 1990, the name of the station was again changed, this time to China Radio International, in order to avoid any confusion with local Beijing radio broadcasting.

CRI broadcasts via shortwave radio, satellite and the Internet in English and numerous other languages. There are also numerous AM and FM relays. Shortwave broadcasts in English are targeted at North America, South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Africa, Asia and the South Pacific. CRI maintains direct shortwave broadcasts to developed, media-rich countries in North America and Europe, even as major Western broadcasters (such as BBC World Service, Voice of America and Radio Netherlands) reduce or discontinue such broadcasts.

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Easy FM is a Chinese radio station operated by China Radio International which launched on January 1, 1984. The programs are mostly in English (some of them being bilingual), while the commercials are in Mandarin Chinese. Internet streaming is available.

Easy FM hit the airwaves on 91.5 FM in Beijing and listeners were instantly attracted. It aired daily with Western DJs covering most of the day's programs with pop music and talk. Easy FM currently broadcasts at 91.5 FM in Beijing and across China on various AM and FM frequencies in cities like Shanghai, Dalian, Guangzhou, Hefei and many many more.

In the following years, Easy FM has developed a unique format of Chinese-English bilingual programs. It was as if the boldness of western coffee and the strength of Chinese tea were being mixed together to create one intoxicating and sweet experience! Now the innovative bilingual style of broadcasting has already become a distinct feature of Easy FM with which no other Chinese radio station can compare. With their informative and interesting talks that constantly switch smoothly between languages, hosts of distinct personalities from different cultures give the listeners an enjoyable experience of both Chinese and Western flavours.

Easy FM attracts a large domestic audience with some of the world's best pop music, while CRI English Service has established itself as a prominent news broadcaster from China for listeners around the world. Easy FM is the first Chinese radio channel focusing on western pop music. Foreign DJs match up perfectly with their Chinese colleagues to present bilingual programs that are unique in China.

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Hit FM is a Chinese radio station operated by China Radio International which launched on April 18, 2003. It is the second domestic radio station of CRI, and specializes in global popular music.

This channel uses the pop music format. It broadcasts the world's most popular songs 24 hours a day, and there are many types of charts. The radio was originally broadcast to Beijing listeners. It has a good reputation among Beijing and European music fans, calling it 887. The channel is currently airing in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, and in cooperation with local radio stations in Chengdu, Wuhan, Changsha, Nanjing, and Zhengzhou.

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CRI News Radio is a Chinese radio station operated by China Radio International which launched on June 28, 2005. It can be heard online and in Beijing on the radio on 90.5 FM and 900 AM; in Tianjin on 90.6 FM; in Chongqing on 91.7 FM; in Guangdong on 107.1 FM; in Shandong on 89.8 FM; in Anhui on 90.1 FM.

CRI News Radio takes advantage of CRI's journalists from all around the world and report international and domestic news, sport, entertainment and lifestyle programmes for domestic listeners in Mandarin Chinese. Its aim is to make CRI News Radio a first-class national news radio brand and its slogans are 'First News, News First', 'On-the-Spot China, Live World' etc.

CRI News Radio combines the unique resource advantages and language advantages of the CRI and Xinhua. The collection of the four major news shows in the morning, afternoon, evening and night is supplemented by news bulletins on the hour and on the half hour and news headlines at quarter past and quarter to the hour to achieve real-time rolling broadcast of news. A variety of themed information programms covering current politics, finance, education, tourism, sports, life and entertainment run through them, providing a wealth of information feast.