SinoVision () is a U.S.-based Chinese language television network. SinoVision has offices in Lower Manhattan, Flushing, and Brooklyn. It has correspondents in Washington, D.C., Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Houston. SinoVision was founded in 1990 by personnel dispatched to the U.S. from the

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and its China News Service to counter negative perceptions of the

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following the

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. SinoVision is formally owned by Asian Culture and Media Group, which also owns the newspaper ''

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''. According to academics

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and

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, "SinoVision’s content echoes China’s official media. The vast majority of its stories about China, Sino-American relations, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other important issues for the PRC government are taken directly from official Chinese media outlets or websites, including

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, and the ''

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''."

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* {{Chinese-language television in North America Television networks in the United States Television channels and stations established in 1990 Chinese-language television Chinese-language mass media in the United States Mass media in New York City Entertainment companies based in New York City Organizations associated with the Chinese Communist Party United front (China)

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