At a Beijing radio station, a little Hindi, Urdu and Tamil

How a few men and women from China Radio International are reaching remote corners in the Indian subcontinent.

Zhang, whose "Hindi name" is Shanti, is an intern at China Radio International (CRI). One day, she wants to be on air for the state-owned broadcaster's Hindi service department, which currently has 17 members — only three of them Indians. In a country where even English is used sparingly, a building full of Chinese men and women fluent in Hindi, Urdu, Tamil, Bengali, Nepali and Sinhali — the six languages the CRI broadcasts in the Indian subcontinent — can take some getting used to.

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CRI Urdu service celebrtaes 45th anniversary

BEIJING, AUG 1 (APP): China Radio International (CRI) Urdu service is a bridge of friendship between Pakistan and China, said Ambassador Masood Khan here Monday.Addressing a grand reception to mark the 45th anniversary of the launch of CRI Urdu Service as well as the starting of the construction of Karakoram Highway in 1966, Pakistan's Ambassador to China Masood Khan said that the number of CRI listeners in Pakistan are growing with every passing day, especially with the start of its transmission on FM. He said at present CRI is airing its programmes from five major cities of Pakistan on FM 93. These include Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Multan and Kohat. Through its Internet service, the CRI programmes can also be listened as far as Bangladesh and India.

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