{"id":70466,"date":"2025-07-13T13:51:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=70466"},"modified":"2025-07-13T13:51:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T13:51:33","slug":"frcn-launches-mandarin-radio-show-to-boost-china-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/13\/frcn-launches-mandarin-radio-show-to-boost-china-ties\/","title":{"rendered":"FRCN Launches Mandarin Radio Show to Boost China Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By Olokuta Rofiat<\/p>\n<p>Nigeria has launched its first-ever Mandarin-language radio programme titled Ni Hao, China-meaning &#8220;Hello, China&#8221; to strengthen diplomatic and cultural relations with China.<\/p>\n<p>The weekly show debuted on Sunday, July 13, 2025, on the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN).<\/p>\n<p>Broadcasting from FRCN headquarters in Abuja, the programme aims to deepen China-Nigeria ties through cultural exchange.<\/p>\n<p>It features Mandarin tutorials, Chinese music, and interviews with Nigerians connected to China.<\/p>\n<p>FRCN Director-General Dr. Mansur Liman said the show would help Nigerians learn about Chinese culture while showcasing Nigeria&#8217;s global openness.<\/p>\n<p>Chinese Ambassador Cui Jianchun hailed it as a media milestone in sub-Saharan Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Observers view the initiative as timely, with China\u2019s influence in Nigeria growing through infrastructure and trade.<\/p>\n<p>By promoting Mandarin, the programme opens new opportunities in business, education, and diplomacy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Olokuta Rofiat Nigeria has launched its first-ever Mandarin-language radio programme titled Ni Hao, China-meaning &#8220;Hello, China&#8221; to strengthen diplomatic and cultural relations with China. The weekly show debuted on Sunday, July 13, 2025, on the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN). Broadcasting from FRCN headquarters in Abuja, the programme aims to deepen China-Nigeria [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":70467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-70466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70466"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70468,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70466\/revisions\/70468"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}