Chinese Dissidents Take On Beijing Via Media Empire

CHINESE DISSIDENTS TAKE ON BEIJING VIA MEDIA EMPIRE
[SOURCE: Wall Street Journal, AUTHOR: Kathy Chen onlinejournal@wsj.com]
New Tang Dynasty TV, run largely by volunteers, broadcasts to the U.S., Europe and Asia, including China. It is one of a growing number of media organizations run mostly by Falun Gong practitioners, including a radio station and a newspaper with editions in 10 languages. There is also a film-production company, a performing-arts school, dozens of Web sites and a Chinese cultural show, which has played around the world, including New York's Radio City Music Hall and the Kennedy Center in Washington. The group's ambitions have grown, says New Tang Dynasty President Zhong Lee. "At the beginning, a big part was to speak as the voice of Falun Gong," he says, at the station's cramped headquarters in midtown Manhattan. "But media can also play a big role pushing democracy in China."
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