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"After years of pleading, [News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch] finally landed an audience with Jiang Zemin, then China’s party chief, to try to schmooze away the satellite ban... Mr. Murdoch put $60 million into a venture of Mr. Jiang’s son. Mr. Murdoch also relocated his own son James to China. While the elder Mr. Murdoch went on to disparage the Dalai Lama in 1999, his son disparaged the Falun Gong in 2001. The satellite ban stayed in force. Outfoxed!" [Times]
Obsequious Murdoch Stiffed In China
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11:23 PM on Sun May 4 2008
By Ryan Tate
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