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RFA celebrates its 25th anniversary

September 29, 2021

Today marks the 25th anniversary of Radio Free Asia (RFA), when its first Mandarin-language program aired on this day in 1996. RFA’s incisive brand of journalism since its inception has led to some of the most consequential stories from U.S-funded media. It was the first news outlet to inform the world about the creation of a prison state for Uyghurs in China’s Far West, the first to confirm the arrest of Aung San Suu Kyi during Burma’s military’s coup, and exposed the Chinese government’s cover-up of COVID-19 fatalities last year in Wuhan, among other pivotal developments. Read More