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China launches Arabic TV channel
China has launched a 24-hour Arabic-language television channel aimed at addressing "distorted" views of China in the Middle East and North Africa.
The satellite channel, launched on Saturday, is expected to reach about 300 million people in 22 countries.
China Central Television (CCTV) already broadcasts foreign language channels in English, Spanish and French.
Zhang Changming, deputy president of CCTV, said that through the Arabic channel "the world can know China and China can know the rest of the world even better".
"Our principle is to be real, to be objective, to be accurate and transparent. CCTV will present the world with the real China," he said at the launch.
The channel will mainly broadcast news, but Zhang promised it would also feature entertainment and educational programmes.