BBC Chinese Service Makes Final Broadcast

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12864041

Due to a decrease in government funding, the BBC Chinese service has aired its final radio broadcast. The program, delivered in Mandarin, brought global current events to the attentive ears of the Chinese for 70 years. As the article states: it was how people were informed, nationally and internationally. But time passes, and technology became more advanced. Instead to affixing their ears to the radio, people began turning to the internet for the latest news. But, as we know, the internet is censored by the government, so people aren’t always getting the full story; whereas in radio, there was hardly any censorship involved, because it was based in the UK. So, it seems like radio is the better option for receiving news. It’s unfortunate how such valuable programs must be cut simply because of money. I think that this situation mirrors the public radio funding in the US. Recently, I think NPR, National Public Radio, had funding cut from the US government. As a frequent listener, I was shocked to hear that the government would choose to deprive people of a prominent source of news. But what can you do? As with the BBC Chinese Service, money got tight.