China journalism award for English story signals drive to shape narrative

China journalism award for English story signals drive to shape narrative

HONG KONG — China’s Communist Party-controlled journalism association has bestowed its top annual reporting award to an English-language article by state news agency Xinhua on President Xi Jinping’s reelection — potentially reflecting the government’s emphasis on shaping global perceptions. The All-China Journalists Association, which has been handing out the awards since 1991, typically dishes out…

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Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper and the satellite spectrum battle that could shape the new space economy

Elon Musk’s SpaceX, Jeff Bezos’ Kuiper and the satellite spectrum battle that could shape the new space economy

SpaceX, which owns the world’s fastest-growing satellite broadband network, Starlink, told the regulator that these “antiquated power restrictions” were unfit for “the modern space age”. It went on to charge that the international process governing the rules had been hijacked by an alliance between the operators of older, geostationary systems and “America’s staunchest adversaries”. At…

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