"Last month, Liu, 41, became one of the world's most powerful media executives when she was tapped to be the president of Radio Free Asia (RFA), the US-funded broadcast service that brings news to the information-starved people of China and other repressive Asian regimes."
"In that position, she will oversee a Washington-based organization of 240 people that broadcasts around the clock, seven days a week, to closed Asian countries in nine languages -- Mandarin, Cantonese, Wu, Tibetan, Uighur, Burmese, Khmer, Korean, Lao and Vietnamese. RFA has bureaus in Taipei, Hong Kong, Phnom Penh, Seoul and Bangkok and staffers in Tokyo and other Asian cities."
"As a Taiwanese-American, one of the opportunities Liu will have as RFA president is to oversee the spread of news in China, including news of developments in Taiwan. She insists that RFA will not try to proselytize, but instead will be even-handed in presenting the news to the Chinese people.For instance, when asked how she would handle the issue of Taiwan's independence, Liu replied:"To us, it's news, just like any other piece of news. We try to cover news from both angles. We do not take a position on any of those issues. We don't promote or speak against Taiwan['s] independence, but rather we make sure that we cover each event from every angle," she said."
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