Attachment Reply to Opposition.

Reply to Opposition.

REPLY submitted by Chinese Sound of Oriental and West Heritage

Reply to Opposition

2018-09-11

This document pretains to 325-NEW-20180614-00001 for New Application on a Permit to Foreign Broadcast filing.

IBFS_325NEW2018061400001_1532239

                                     BEFORE THE
                         FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
                                WASHINGTON, D.C. 20554

In re                                        )
                                             )
GLR Southern California, LLC                 )
                                             )
Application for Transfer of Control from     )      File No. 325—NEW—20180614—00001
GLR Services, Inc. to                        )
H&H Group USA, LLC                           )
                                             )
                                             )
                                             )
For Delivery of Programming to               )
Mexican Station XEWW—AM,                     )
Rosarita, Baja California Norte, Mexico      )

To: Secretary
Attn.: Chief, International Bureau



                     REPLY TO OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO DENY


  I.      Introduction
       Chinese Sound of Oriental and West Heritage Inc. ("CSO"), licensee of low power FM

station KQEV—LP, Walnut, California, by its attorneys, hereby files this Reply to the Opposition

to Petition to Deny ("Opposition"), filed by H&H Group USA LLC and GLR Southern

California, LLC ("H&H") on August 29, 2018. The Opposition was filed in response to the

Petition to Deny filed on August 8, 2018 by CSO ("Petition") which demonstrated that a grant of

a Section 325 Permit to H&H would not serve the public interest, inter alia, because of a

detrimental economic impact upon CSO, and because H&H is an agent for the People‘s Republic

of China ("PRC"), the latter on a global campaign attempting to use propaganda programming to


influence Chinese Americans in Southern California. On September 4, 2018, CSO filed its

Supplement, providing additional information in support of the Petition ("Supplement").

       The Opposition asserts that the Petition is wholly unsupported, contains self—serving

allegations and is contrary to Commission precedent. More specifically, the Opposition asserts it

is irrelevantif economic harm occurs to KQEV—LP and that the assertion there are propaganda

efforts by the Government of China is unfounded. Opposition, at 1, 4—5.

 II.      Summary

       CSO in this Reply will completely rebut H&H‘s assertion that Phoenix TV is not a

propaganda agent for the PRC. Attached hereto as Exhibit 1, is the Declaration of Chung Pong

who, based on personal knowledge and experience, attests to specific instructions previously

given by the PRC to Phoenix TV, and followed by Phoenix TV, to manipulate and create news

stories to serve the political objectives of the PRC. He has thirty three years of news experience

and was employed at Phoenix TV in Hong Kong for seven years, until June 2002, in various

news gathering positions, rising to the position of News Director with responsibilities for

worldwide news gathering, broadcasting and supervision of a sixty person news staff.

Declaration, par. 2—3. He declares that he and Phoenix TV officials were instructed directly by

officials from the PRC as to what to broadcast and what not to broadcast, based on the objectives

of the PRC. Declaration, at par. 4—7. He was instructed by the PRC to report favorably on the

PRC and unfavorably on the United States and events in the United States. /d. He was instructed

to broadcast certain programs to negatively reflect on certain groups, even when there was no

factual basis to support the negative reports. /d. He declares that the news staff who resisted such

directives from the PRC were involuntarily terminated. /.


       Further, as detailed in the Supplement and summarized below, findings of Congress, and

multiple government agencies and nongovernmental entities support the assertion that Phoenix

TV broadcasts propaganda programming. The government agencies and offices include the U.S.

National Security Agency, the National Security Advisor, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency,

the Committee on Investments in the United States, the Office of the U.S. Special Trade

Representative, the U.S.—China Economic Security and Review Commission, specified research

institutes and non—governmental agencies detailed in the Supplement fully support the assertions

of CSO. As such, the Opposition lacks merit and should be dismissed.

       As detailed in the Petition, and more fully detailed in the Supplement and in this Reply, the

North American Free Trade Agreement ("NAFTA") between the U.S. and Mexico specifically

requires fair competition in trade and transactions between the countries and the countries‘

entities. Thus, characterizing the economic harm that will inure to CSO as irrelevant ignores this

important U.S. Government policy.

III.      Economic Impact Upon KQEV—LP

       The Opposition maintains that "The Commission Does Not Assess the Economic Impact in

Assessing Broadcast Applications," relying generally upon Policies Regarding Detrimental

Effects ofProposed New Broadcast Stations on Existing Stations, Report and Order, 3 FCC Red

638 (1988) ("1988 Report") and its progeny. Opposition, at 3—4.

       The Opposition misses a pivotal point: the policies articulated in the 1988 Report applied to

complaints as to allocations of new broadcast stations and impacts upon existing stations. 1988

Policy, infra. Critically, the Commission has concluded that the 1988 Policy was intended as a

shield to protect then infant UHF stations from VHF competition, as VHF stations were filing

complaints against new UHF stations. The Commission concluded:


       With respect to Commission protection of UHF stations, we eliminated the UHF
       Impact Policy in 1988. Policies Regarding Detrimental Effects ofProposed New
       Stations on Existing Stations. 3 FCC Red 638 (1988). Under that policy, adopted
       during UHF‘s infancy, it was at one time contrary to the public interest to improve
       domestic VHF service if that service would have an adverse economic impact on
       a UHF station. In 1972, the Commission applied the UHF policy in a foreign
       programming context. American Broadcasting Companies, 35 FCC 24 1 (1972).
       By 1988, however, the Commission found that the development of UHF
       television had reached a point where there was no longer a public interest need to
       restrict competition to UHF stations by VHF stations. Policies Regarding
       Detrimental Effects ofProposed New Stations on Existing Stations. 3 FCC Red
       638, 642 (1988).That conclusion seems particularly applicable in the current case,
       given that 80% of San Diego television households subscribe to cable and channel
       51‘s signal appears as Channel 9 or Channel 2 on local cable systems. Further, a
       Commission decision favoring American stations due to such an economic
       competitive factor might well constitute an unnecessary restriction on trade,
       prohibited by NAFTA. Channel 51‘s argument concerning Advanced Television
       seeks to have the Commission favor an American broadcaster over a foreign
       station for the purpose ofaffiliation with a U.S. programmer, and therefore is also
       inconsistent with NAFTA.!

As neither the H&H application nor the status of KQEV—LP involve a new allocation for a UHF

or VHF television station, reliance on the 1988 Policy is misplaced.

       The Opposition also maintains that CSO‘s economic harm arguments are "specious" as

KQEV—LP is only a minor station covering a small area, while denying a Permit that would

allow broadcasting to a much larger audience is not in the public interest. Opposition, 3—4. That

argument proves too much: it would support the adoption of a Commission policy to enable a

million—watt single H&H—Phoenix TV radio station covering the entire U.S. to be in the public

interest, even if that decimated all other stations. That argument also belies the Commission‘s

decades—old policies promoting diversity of ownership and programming, and creating classes of

AM, FM and TV stations based upon output power. Those policies favor local communities —

and to a lesser degree marketing areas — not 77,000—watt stations like XEWW—AM covering




‘ Fox Television Stations, Inc., 10 FCC Red 4055, 4069 (1995).

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several hundreds of miles. Indeed, the maximum wattage allowed under Commission Rules for

an AM station is 50,000 watts. See, AM Station Classes, and Clear, Regional, and Local

Channels, Classes of US AM Stations, Class A Station."

       The Opposition also suggests that KQEV—LP, a Mandarin language station, is not in

competition with XEWW—AM, a Mandarin language station. Specifically, the Opposition asserts

"*...as an LPFM station, KQEV—LP is not permitted to be a profit—making enterprise."

Opposition, at 3—4. H&H misses the point. CSO is of course a not—for—profit noncommercial

entity as required by Commission Rules, and the Opposition does not challenge that status.

Instead, the assertion is that CSO may not be "profit making." The Commission specifically has

rejected the argument that noncommercial stations may not make a profit. The Commission

decades ago concluded:

        With regard to the claim that UDC, as an NCE licensee, should not be permitted to
       maximize its "profit" by selling WDCU(FM) to the highest bidder, we note that "profit
       per se in assignment oflicensed broadcast properties has never been held to be contrary
       to the public interest...." See Robert E. Sewell, 19 FCC 2d 872, 874 (1969). We find no
       basis for precluding an NCE licensee from maximizing profits on the sale of its stations
       unless there is evidence that the receipt of such profits would affect the licensee‘s
       nonprofit status. The informal objectors submit no evidence demonstrating that a profit
       from the sale of WDCU(FM) would jeopardize UDC‘s nonprofit status. See Certain
       Broadcast Stations Licensed to Communities in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia and
       the District of Columbia, 9 FCC Red 2143, 2145 (1994) (informal objections like
       petitions to deny must contain adequate and specific factual allegations sufficient to
       warrant the relief requested). We decline to deny the assignment application on this basis.
       (internal footnotes omitted.)Leffer to Henry Goldberg Esq, Edward Hayes Jr., 12 FCC
       Red. 15242 (1997).

Therefore, whether XEWW—AM will negatively impact financial support for KQEV—LP is a

relevant issue.




247 CFR §73.21.


IV.      Foreign Influence and Agents

             A. Influence

      H&H says CSO‘s concerns as to foreign influence and the broadcast by XEWW—AM are

unfounded and that the Petition provides only "generalized concerns" and that reliance may not

be made upon news reports about other stations. Opposition, at 4—5.

      In the Supplement, CSO provided additional support for its assertions including findings and

documentation from Congress, the U.S. National Security Agency, the National Security

Advisor, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency, the Committee on Investments in the United

States, the Office of the U.S. Special Trade Representative, the U.S.—China Economic Security

and Review Commission and research institutes and non—governmental agencies. Supplement,

Section III, Background Statement. The Supplement is incorporated herein by reference.

             B. PRC Agents and De Facto Control

    The Opposition also maintains that, because Vivian Huo is a U.S. citizen and was presented

the opportunity to purchase XEWW—AM by a broker, she is not an agent of the PRC. Opposition,

at 5. The short response is none of that supports — let alone compels — the conclusion that defacto

control and operation of the station is not at the direction of the PRC. The argument is a non—

sequitur. It is evasive.

    Contrary to the assertions in the Opposition, CSO does not argue that, simply because Ms.

Huo is Chinese, she is an agent of the PRC. CSO makes clear that ethnicity alone is not its point,

as that plainly would be a reprehensible assertion. Instead, CSO assertions are based on the very

particularized factors herein: the direct links that Ms. Huo and Jackie Pang have with Phoenix

TV, which has direct links with the PRC; the lack of any H&H studio location in California; and


the enabling of Phoenix TV to program the station and to recruit and employ staffing for H&H.

See Supplement, at 13—15.

    The Commission has held that a licensee may delegate certain functions on a day—to—day

basis to an agent, but such delegation cannot be wholesale. See, e.g., In re Harris, 15 FCC Red

12933 (2000), citing Southwest Texas Public Broadcasting Council, 85 FCC 24 713, 715 (1981).

That standard applies to agreements such as the one H&H has with Phoenix TV. See Choctaw

Broadcasting Corporation, 12 FCC Red 8534, $538 (1997). While the Commission has held that

there is no exact formula by which operational control of a broadcast station can be determined,

it has clarified that "control," as used in the Communications Act and Commission rules,

encompasses all forms of control, actual or legal, direct or indirect, negative or affirmative, de

jure or de facto. See, Quetzal Bilingual Communications Inc., 14 FCC Red 9717 (1999).

Specifically, three essential areas of station operation are pivotal: programming, personnel and

finances. See, e.g., Stereo Broadcasters, Inc., 87 FCC 2d 87 (1981), recon. denied, 50 RR 2d

1346, par. 4 (1982).

    CSO submits H&H has delegated all ofits key functions to Phoenix TV. As to programming,

H&H concedes it has delegated to Phoenix TV the right to produce and broadcast all ofits

programming, reserving for itself only the function to preempt any program H&H finds to

violate a Commission rule." Opposition, at 5—6, 8. Ad hoc preemption is minimalist when

compared to the functions delegated to Phoenix TV. And H&H has delegated to Phoenix TV the

function of hiring personnel for news and sales management, as reflected in the recruitment

advertisement Phoenix TV caused to be posted on WeChat. See Supplemental Declaration of




* Despite this assertion, H&H does not demonstrate how it plans to implement any such
preemptions. Thus, the Commission should not takeit at face value.
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Xiaowei Xia, Exhibit 1, Supplement. This is a key function completely delegated to Phoenix TV.

As to finances, H&H has delegated revenue generation or sale management to Phoenix TV. CSO

submits that revenue generation is a core determinant of a station‘s financial viability. Key

functions have been delegated in whole or substantial part to Phoenix TV. The only function

facially reserved to H&H is the ad hoc preemption of offensive programming. Opposition, at 8.

CSO submits that that is woefully inadequate. Under the precedent cited above, Phoenix TV has

de facto control of the station.

     Further, in the context of de facto controlissues, the Court of Appeals has affirmed the

Commission holding that the likelihood of controlis greatly increased where a large company

such as Phoenix TV is involved. The court concludes:

        The Commission began with its own settled regulations and precedent.
        Established FCC precedent highlights that the likelihood of a de facto control
        finding is ‘greatly increased" in cases like this one, where a large company...is the
        ‘single entity provid[ing] most of the capital and management services‘ for
        smaller companies."

That is the case here, as Phoenix TV is a publicly—traded company in Hong Kong operating

globally with an audience of 360 million viewers worldwide," while H&H apparently is a

relatively small boutique investment firm, which describes itself as being controlled by one

individual.

        In SNR the court noted that the larger company contributed "most of the capital," In the

case before the Commission, there is no information about contributions of capital. H&H asserts

that, Ms. Huo arranged the financing for the acquisition, but provides no details on the sources of

financing. The Application fails to detail the capital invested by H&H and whether Phoenix TV




* SNR Wireless License Co, LLC v. FCC, 868 F.3d 1021 (D.C. Cir. 2017) ("SNR").
5 See Opposition, at note 9.


or any other entity provided capital to Ms. Huo or to H&H. This denies the Commission a full

record upon which to make a finding that grant of a Section 325(c) Permit would be in the public

interest. As Phoenix TV will hire the staff, and produce and broadcast all of the programming,

Phoenix TV bears substantial costs of operations and programming. That produces a material

question of fact as to the financing for the operations of the station. SNR, supra. An evidentiary

hearing is necessary to resolve these issues.

            C. Propaganda

    The Opposition maintains that the programming on XEWW—AM is not propaganda. Instead,

the Opposition, at 7, asserts :

        ...nearly eighty percent of the program content broadcast on XEWW is and will continue
        to be "un—hosted" Chinese music, punctuated by commercials and station identifications.
        The remaining programming will include news and information content. That news and
        information content for the most part addresses local issues in Southern California (e.g..
        local traffic and weather), as well as entertainment and programming aboutlifestyle
        matters (such as personal relationships, food, and technology) for Chinese—speaking
        residents in Southern California. While some hard news headlines may be broadcast as
        part of any world news updates, those updates will come from a variety of reputable
        sources, including Asian—language broadcasters and publishers in Hong Kong and
        Taiwan, as well internationally recognized providers in the United States and the United
        Kingdom, such as the Associated Press, the LA Times, NPR and the BBC.

        The Opposition evades the meaning of propaganda. In the most basic sense, propaganda

is "...the systematic dissemination of doctrine, rumor, or selected information to promote or

injure a particular doctrine, view, or cause." Black‘s Law Dictionary, Tenth Edition, at 1401

(2014). Or, restated, it is "...messaging aimed at a specific audience that will try to change the

audiences‘ opinions, often containing disinformation to promote a certain viewpoint in politics."

Black‘s Online Free Law Dictionary, Second Edition, at 1401 (2014).° Nothing in the definition

precludes usage of propaganda within programming focused on music, entertainment, local



* Available at https://thelawdictionary.org/propaganda/
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issues and especially news and information. Additionally, a meaning in the public international

law context provides guidance. The Oxford International Public Law defines propaganda as:

         Propaganda can be described as a method of communication, by State organs or
         individuals, aimed at influencing and manipulating the behaviour of people in a
         certain predefined way. The element of influence and manipulation is at the centre
         of the concept, and distinguishes it from mere factual information. The notion of
         propaganda remains, however, relatively unclear from an international law
         perspective, since propaganda is not on the whole regulated by international law.
         Oxford International Public Law, Oxford University Press (2014)."

         The Oxford definition leads with the element of a "method of communications by State

organs." The elements of "beyond mere factual information" and "manipulation" are important

parts of the definition. As detailed in the Supplement and the Declaration of Chung Pong,

Phoenix TV bends to the dictates of the PRC, which is pledged to undermine U.S. interests in the

service of its own interests. Nothing in the itemization of programming by H&H in the

Response demonstrates that propaganda will not be broadcast. Further, the Opposition

acknowledges that there will be political commentary, but asserts that it will not be "substantial."

Opposition, at 7. That is a huge loophole. The term "substantial" is not quantified, nor are the

hours of broadcast of the substantial and insubstantial programs. The Commission can only

guess.

            D. Pong Declaration

         In his Declaration Chung Pong demonstrates specifically how news production at

Phoenix TV was required to broadcast PRC propaganda. He has thirty three years of news

experience and was employed at Phoenix TV in Hong Kong for seven years until he was

terminated in June 2002 for not complying with PRC directives. Declaration at par. 7. During




 Available at http://opil.ouplaw.com/view/10.1093/law;:epil/9780199231690/law—
9780199231690—e978
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his tenure at Phoenix TV Mr. Pong held various news gathering positions, rising up to News

Director with responsibilities for worldwide news gathering and broadcasting and supervision a

sixty person news staff. Declaration, par. 2—3. He declares that he and Phoenix TV officials were

instructed directly by officials from the PRC as to what to broadcast and what not to broadcast,

based on unwritten objectives of the PRC. Declaration, at par. 4—7. He was instructed by the PRC

to report favorably on the PRC and unfavorably on the United States and events in the United

States. Id. He was instructed to broadcast certain programs to negatively reflect on certain

groups, even when there was no factual basis to support the negative reports. Id. He declares that

the employment of news staff that resisted such directors from the PRC were involuntarily

terminated. /d. His Declaration provides very specific details and examples of the propaganda

directives from the PRC followed by Phoenix TV:

   3.   Between 1996 and 2002, I served successively as Program Editor, Chief News
        Editor and News Director for Phoenix Satellite TV in Hong Kong. In the latter
        position, I was responsible for managing the selection of news and other content
        to be broadcast; the assignment of reports to specific individuals; the training of
        news staff; attending editorial meetings, solving problems and accuracy in
        reporting. I was responsible for the work produced by and I supervised, over 60
        individuals, reporters and editors, in Hong Kong and worldwide. I reported
        directly to Liu Changle, the CEO and Wang Jiyan, the Vice President of Phoenix
        TV.

   4. Iknow from personal experience that Phoenix TV‘s content is subject to the
      dictates of the leadership of the Central Communist Propaganda Department,
      Central Communist Overseas Propaganda Office and the Ministry of Foreign
      Affairs which often directly sent instructions to Phoenix Satellite TV which
      included directives to remove specific items of news that violated the "Party‘s
      news guidelines" or positively reported the United States or events in the United
      States. Those guidelines were not published or distributed to me but were done on
      an ad hoc basis.

   5. Two instances illustrate how I was instructed to manipulate reporting. One
      included the live broadcast of the five—year anniversary of Hong Kong‘s returning
      to China. However, that live program had to be cancelled because of the fear by
      then—Communist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin that events may not unfold
      as planned and there could be a lack ofcontrol of the events broadcast. Another


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        instance is when the Central Communist Propaganda Department directed
        Phoenix TV to produce a program for the continuing series, Great Phoenix
        Forum, that labeled the followers of the Buddhist spiritual/meditation/exercise
        group, Falun Gong, as an evil cult, even though we had no information that was
        true. I viewed these instructions as creating propaganda programs and tried to
        resist but eventually I had to comply with the instructions given me.

        I have personal knowledge that Phoenix Satellite TV advised news staff that if
        they violated the guidelines or failed to implement directives of the Overseas
        Propaganda Division they had to resigned from the company or be involuntarily
        terminated. One example is Ayi, a host of Great Phoenix Form, had to leave
        Phoenix TV because he refused to host a program where there was no factual
        basis to support the program‘s factual contents.

     . In June 2002, I was removed from my job and duties by Liu Changle, the Chief
       Executive Officer of Phoenix Satellite TV. I was told that the order to remove me
       from the position of News Director originated from then General Secretary of the
       Communist Party, Jiang Zemin. His instructions were delivered to Ding Guangen,
       the then Director of the Central Propaganda Department who so instructed Jiang
        Enzhu, the Director of Liaison Office of the Central People‘s Government in
        Hong Kong who then instructed Liu Changle, the CEO of Phoenix Satellite TV
        who implemented my removal.s

        By any of the definitions of propaganda shown above, the instructions given by the PRC

officials were propaganda. They directed Phoenix TV to broadcast falsehoods or information

knowingly lacking a basis for its veracity, and the misinformation was intended to influence

audiences and/or to cause injury to specific groups —— all by state actors. That is classic

propaganda. As the programming on XEWW—AM will originate from and be produced by

Phoenix TV, the Commission cannot rely upon Phoenix TV, a front for the PRC, not to

broadcast offensive programming to Americans and permanent residents in Southern California.

               E. H&H Concession

        This case presents a simple but supremely important question. Will the Commission take

the risk that the PRC will attempt to undermine U.S. interests? On that question, H&H has made




8 Exhibit 1.
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a critical concession. It concedes that "...the Commission may take action against an application

if there are national security grounds..." present. Opposition, at 8. That is CSO‘s prime point. As

CSO has demonstrated that national security issues are present, the Commission should

summarily deny the Application on this basis alone or designate it for a hearing.

 V.    Conclusion

       CSO submits that, given the direct links between H&H, Phoenix TV and the PRC and the

demonstration that substantial national security risks are present, the Commission must hold an

evidentiary hearing to resolve all of material and significant questions of fact. The Commission

cannot rely on H&H, which will rely on Phoenix TV, which is a stalking horse for PRC, which is

on an aggressive mission to undermine U.S. national security. Such reliance is not in the public

interest of the U.S. as maintained by the various U.S. agencies and others. CSO urges the

Commission to grant the relief requested by CSO as detailed in the Supplement. Specifically,

CSO requests that the Commission designate the Application for hearing and rescind the Special

Temporary Authority. Supplement at 25—27.

                                             Respectfully submitted,

                                             CHINESE SOUND OF ORIENTAL AND
                                             WEST HERITAGE

                                             By ;;s Zttomeys,           ;


                                             J        L. Winston
                                                 IN, WINSTON, DIERCKS, HARRIS
                                             & COOKE, LLP
                                              1201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 200
                                             Washington, D.C. 20036
                                             (202) 861—0870
                                             jwinston@rwdhc.com

September 11, 2018


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  EXHIBIT 1
DECLARATION
     OF
CHUNG PONG


                                     Declaration of Chung Pong



I, Chung Pong, declare as follows.

   1. I am a resident of the New York. I was born in China and emigrated to the United States
      16 years ago. I hold a certificate for permanent residence.
       I have a master‘s degree in education from China Physical Education University. I have a
       total of 33 years of experience in joutnalism. I began working at China Central People
       Radio Station in China in 1984. I passed the certificate examination of general news re—
       porting and editing and sports news reporting and editing in 1985 and 1987. I obtained
       the national state titles of "News Editor" in 1987 and "ChiefNews Editor" in 1991.
       Between 1996 and 2002, I served successively as Programm Editor, ChiefNews Editor and
       News Director for Phoenix Satellite TV in Hong Kong. In the latter position, I was re—
       sponsible for managing the selection of news and other content to be broadcast; the as—
       signment of reports to specific individuals; the training of news staff; attending editorial
       meetings, solving problems and accuracy in reporting. I was responsible for the work
       produced by and I supervised, over 60 individuals, reporters and editors, in Hong Kong
       and worldwide. I reported directly to Liu Changle, the CEO and Wang Jiyan, the Vice
       President of Phoenix TV.
       I know from personal experience that Phoenix TV‘s content is subject to the dictates of
       the leadership of the Central Communist Propaganda Department, Central Communist
       Overseas Propaganda Office and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs which often directly sent
       instructions to Phoenix Satellite TV which included directives to remove specific items of
       news that violated the "Party‘s news guidelines" or positively reported the United States
       or events in the United States. Those guidelines were not published or distributed to me
       but were done on an ad ho basis.
       Two instances illustrate how I was instructed to manipulate reporting. One included the
       live broadcast that I planned for the five—year anniversary of Hong Kong‘s returning to
       China. However, that live program had to be cancelled because ofthe fear by then—Com—
       munist Party General Secretary Jiang Zemin that events may not unfold as planned and
       there could be a lack of control of the events broadcast. Another instance is when the
       Central Communist Propaganda Department directed Phoenix TV to produce a program
       for the continuing series, Great Phoenix Forum, that labeled the followers of the Buddhist
       spiritual/meditation/exercise group, Falun Gong, as an evil cult, even though we had no
       information that was true. I viewed these instructions as creating propaganda programs
       and tried to resist but eventually I had to comply with the instructions given me.


    6. I have personal knowledge that Phoenix Satellite TV adviged news staff that if they vio—
        lated the guidelines or failed to implement directives of the Overseas Propaganda Divi—
       sion they had to resigned from the company or be involuntarily terminated. One example
       is Ayi, a host of Great Phoenix Form, had to leave Phoenix TV because he refused to host
       a program where there was no factual basis to support the program‘s factual contents.

    7. In June 2002, I was removed from my job and duties by Liu Changle, the Chief Execu—
       tive Officer of Phoenix Satellite TV. I was told that the order to remove me from the posi—
       tion of News Director originated from then General Secretary ofthe Communist Party,
       Jiang Zemin. His instructions were delivered to Ding Guangen, the then Director of the
       Central Propaganda Department who so instructed Jiang Enzhu, the Director of Liaison
       Office of the Central People‘s Government in Hong Kong who then instructed Liu
       Changle, the CEO of Phoenix Satellite TV who implemented my removal.




I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States that the foregoing is true.




Chung Pong


September 10, 2019


                           CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE


        I, Kathy Nickens, do hereby certify that I sent via U.S. mail (except where
indicated), on this 1 1th day of September, 2018, copies of the foregoing REPLY TO
OPPOSITION TO PETITION TO DENY to the following:

David Oxenford
Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP
1800 M Street, NW
Suite 800N
Washington, DC 20036

Reid Avett
Duane Morris, LLP
505 9°" Street, NW, Suite 1000
Washington, DC 20004—2166

Paige K. Fronbarger
Wilkinson, Barker, Knauer, LLP
1800 M Street, NW, Suite 800N
Washington, DC 20036

Brandon Moss*
International Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
445 12" Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Brandon.Moss@fee.gov

Janice Shields*
International Bureau
Federal Communications Commission
445 12" Street, SW
Washington, DC 20554
Janice.Shields@fee.gov



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