TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY AUDE GENET This

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY AUDE GENET This picture taken on June 12, 2012 shows the managing editor of China Central Television (CCTV) Africa Pang Xinhua (L) talking to local journalist as he shows them how the organization has expanded in different parts of Africa, in the premises of the television in Nairobi. CCTV Africa, which employs about sixty people, was the first regional bureau to produce and broadcast its own hour-long news programme on CCTV News. According to David Bandurski of the China Media Porject of Hong Kong's University, CCTV Africa is part of China's strategy to implement it's "soft power". AFP PHOTO/SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/GettyImages)