Chua Beng Huatbe the clincher in the regional media industry competition, as it permits China to determine a
very significant part of the media content that is destined for its market. However, this would
not necessarily translate into an advantage in the competition to project regional soft power.
Note
1 http://www.meti.go.jp/english/policy/mono_info_service/creative_industries/creative_industries.
html. Accessed August 4, 2016.
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