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New daily aims to improve China’s image

By Kathrin Hille in Beijing

Published: April 20 2009 17:12 | Last updated: April 20 2009 17:12

China’s most successful tabloid launched an English-language newspaper on Monday, the first concrete step in a global media push aimed at improving China’s image abroad.

The English edition of Global Times, an affiliate of People’s Daily, the Communist party’s mouthpiece, is set to become a test case for whether Chinese media can win the trust of a foreign audience.

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