HONG KONG: Hong Kong's official radio station said it will replace its 24-hour BBC broadcast with Chinese state-run programming in a move critics on Saturday said was a step towards "mainlandization."

The city's Radio Television Hong Kong has been broadcasting the BBC World Service live since 1978 but will replace it starting September 4 with the China National Radio Hong Kong Edition (CNR).

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