Mediagazer: Chinese state-backed TV broadcaster, China Global Television Network, to launch a newsroom with up to 50 journalists in the UK for a full-scale news operation (Chris York/HuffPost UK)

12:05 PM ET, June 1, 2018

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Chinese state-backed TV broadcaster, China Global Television Network, to launch a newsroom with up to 50 journalists in the UK for a full-scale news operation — The international arm of China's main state-backed TV broadcaster is launching a newsroom of up to 50 journalists in the UK, HuffPost UK has learned.

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