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The '''Voice of Free China''' ({{zh|c=自由中國之聲|p=Zìyóu Zhōngguó Zhīshēng}})<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 February 2019 |title=「先聲奪人」 兩岸間一場沒有煙硝的戰爭 - 新聞 - Rti 中央廣播電臺 |trans-title="Get the Head Start" A war without smoke between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait |url=http://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2010266 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190902042209/http://www.rti.org.tw/news/view/id/2010266 |archive-date=2 September 2019 |access-date=4 November 2024 |website=Radio Taiwan International (RTI) |language=zh}}</ref> was the [[international broadcasting]] station of the [[Republic of China]] from 1949 until 1998. During the [[Cold War]] era, the station was the source of [[Kuomintang|Chinese Nationalist]] propaganda largely aimed at discrediting the [[People's Republic of China]] and buttressing the Nationalists' claims to be the sole legitimate government of all of [[China]].

The Voice of Free China, for many years, was owned by the [[Broadcasting Corporation of China]]. This was a private company under a government contract to provide public radio programming. The BCC still exists today, but in 1998 the Voice of Free China and the government-owned [[Radio Taiwan International|Central Broadcasting System]] merged.

With the easing of [[cross-strait relations]] and the liberalization of Taiwan's [[Government of the Republic of China|government]], the Voice of Free China changed its name to Radio [[Taipei]] International in 1998 and also used the name "Voice of Asia" for some broadcasts. In 2003, it became [[Radio Taiwan International]] reflecting the defeat of the [[Kuomintang]] government in 2000 and the new government's orientation towards [[Taiwan independence]] from China. Today, this station is now known as [[Radio Taiwan International]].

==See also==
*[[Propaganda in the Republic of China]]

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