Monday, February 05, 2024

The Sprawling Radio Network That China’s Firewall Can’t Stop

 


With 120 stations surrounding China, Sound of Hope boasts one of the largest shortwave broadcasting networks.

By Eva Fu
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January 31, 2024
Updated:
February 03, 2024
Locked inside the crowded Chinese prison, blind lawyer Chen Guancheng hid his most treasured possession from the guards—inside a single-serve milk box.

A pocket-size shortwave radio.

For three years, Mr. Chen looked forward to the hours after curfew. With a blanket wrapped over his head and the radio’s metal antenna parallel to his body, he lay still as the vibrating device under his ear brought to life a world outside the prison’s walls. Petitioners, protesters, human rights abuses, a grassroots movement to cut ties with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)—in that tiny murmuring voice, he saw them all. He was free.

(photo/Epoch Times)