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ABC’s international budget should grow as China spends billions on information war, inquiry told

ABC’s international budget should grow as China spends billions on information war, inquiry told

Parliament hears media in Asia and the Pacific are being courted by Beijing in an ‘unprecedented campaign’

China is spending billions to win the information war in the region, a committee inquiry has heard, and greater funding for the ABC would allow it to be a stronger presence in the Asia-Pacific.

Claire Gorman, the ABC’s head of international services, told the inquiry into supporting democracy in the region that China is spending at least $3bn a year on international media, compared with $11m for the ABC.

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