2022 Year in Review
The Year in Review is YDS’ biggest and most exciting publication of the year - featuring analysis that covers the most significant and impactful events that have shaped our world. The 2022 Year in Review explores key events in all regions, from the overturning of Roe v Wade, the war in Ukraine, and the UK leadership crisis, this year’s edition is not one to miss! Read it now !
The Year in Review is YDS’ biggest and most exciting publication of the year - featuring analysis that covers the most significant and impactful events that have shaped our world.
The 2022 Year in Review explores key events in all regions, from the overturning of Roe v Wade, the war in Ukraine, and the UK leadership crisis, this year’s edition is not one to miss!
Read it now !
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Indeed, StarTimes and the Chinese government act in uniformity. Under the
10,000 Villages Project, in many villages where StarTimes connects digital
television, a mural is painted with the flags of the host nation and China side by
side.
In the same light, Beijing and StarTimes enjoy mutually beneficial relations, with
StarTimes paid by the host nation and China to further the 10,000 Villages
Project while gaining more customers and market reach. Simultaneously, the
Chinese government increases the viewership and audience of its pro-Beijing
messaging, spreading it deeper into households across Africa.
INFLUENCE AND IMPACT
StarTimes’ reach into Africa’s media landscape has allowed the Chinese
government to advance its agenda in the continent whilst the company profits
off the monopoly over the market. This powerful corporation with shrouded
links to Beijing has come to dominate the flow of information on the African
continent, providing China with a digital highway to influence public opinion in
Africa and the potential to affect democracy, sovereignty, and security.
Sarah Cook from Freedom House aptly summarises, “the real brilliance of it is
not just trying to control all content – it’s the element of trying to control the key
nodes in the information … It might not be necessarily clear as a threat now, but
once you’ve got control over the nodes of information you can use them as you
want,” and how China and StarTimes wish to use these nodes is anyone’s guess.
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