# SinoVision

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**SinoVision** (traditional Chinese: 美國中文電視; simplified Chinese: 美国中文电视; pinyin: *Měiguó zhōngwén diànshì*; Jyutping: *Mei5gwok3 zung1man4 din6si6*) was 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.[1]

SinoVision was founded in 1990 by personnel dispatched to the U.S. from the [Overseas Chinese Affairs Office](/source/Overseas_Chinese_Affairs_Office) (OCAO) and its [China News Service](/source/China_News_Service) to counter negative perceptions of the [Chinese government](/source/Government_of_China) following the [1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre](/source/1989_Tiananmen_Square_protests_and_massacre).[2] SinoVision is formally owned by [Asian Culture and Media Group](/source/Asian_Culture_and_Media_Group), which also owns the newspaper *[The China Press](/source/The_China_Press)*.[2] According to academics [Larry Diamond](/source/Larry_Diamond) and [Orville Schell](/source/Orville_Schell), OCAO "set up the firm in the early 1990s but hid its financial role."[2]: 106 According to [Reporters Without Borders](/source/Reporters_Without_Borders), SinoVision and *The China Press* are "discreetly controlled by the Chinese authorities and use content taken directly from China’s [state media](/source/State_media)."[3][4]

According to Larry Diamond and Orville Schell, "SinoVision’s content echoes China's official media. The vast majority of its stories about China, [Sino-American relations](/source/China%E2%80%93United_States_relations), Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other important issues for the PRC government are taken directly from official Chinese media outlets or websites, including [CCTV](/source/China_Central_Television), [Xinhua](/source/Xinhua_News_Agency), and the *[People’s Daily](/source/People's_Daily)*."[2]

In a letter to its advertisers on July 9, 2024, SinoVision announced that it would end its broadcasts on September 1, 2024.[5]

On June 30, 2025. SinoVision sister channel, Sino TV ceased programming. Confirmed by [Charter Spectrum](/source/Charter_Spectrum) and [Verizon FiOS](/source/Verizon_FiOS).

## See also

- *[The China Press](/source/The_China_Press)*
- [China News Service](/source/China_News_Service)

## References

1. ["关于我们-美国中文网"](https://www.sinovision.net/about/index.htm). *SinoVisionNet*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20190822184254/https://www.sinovision.net/about/index.htm) 22 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 22 August 2019.

1. Diamond, Larry & Schell, Orville (2019-08-01). [*China's Influence and American Interests: Promoting Constructive Vigilance*](https://www.hoover.org/research/chinas-influence-american-interests-promoting-constructive-vigilance). Hoover Press. pp. 106, 107, 120. ISBN 978-0-8179-2286-3. [OCLC 1104533323](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1104533323). [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20200528122006/https://www.hoover.org/research/chinas-influence-american-interests-promoting-constructive-vigilance) 2020-05-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved September 4, 2022.

1. Markay, Lachlan (March 23, 2022). ["Propagandists plumb "high-skilled" visa program"](https://www.axios.com/2022/03/24/propagandists-plumb-high-skilled-visa-program). *[Axios](/source/Axios_(website))*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20230927161824/https://www.axios.com/2022/03/24/propagandists-plumb-high-skilled-visa-program) September 27, 2023 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved February 9, 2024.

1. ["China's Pursuit of a New World Information Order (2019)"](https://safety.rsf.org/rsf-report-chinas-pursuit-of-a-new-world-information-order/). *[Reporters Without Borders](/source/Reporters_Without_Borders)*. 2019. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20231202144513/https://safety.rsf.org/rsf-report-chinas-pursuit-of-a-new-world-information-order/) 2023-12-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2024-02-09.

1. ["纽约知名新闻广播台WCBS880熄灯 美国中文电视即将关闭有线电视频道"](https://nypress.us/?p=2962). *Global Cloud Media·环球云视*. 26 August 2024. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20240927192654/https://nypress.us/?p=2962) 27 September 2024 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 27 September 2024.

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