Chinese media accords wide coverage to Shehbaz Sharif's election as PM.

BEIJING -- Chinese electronic and print media accorded wide coverage to the election of Shehbaz Sharif as new prime minister of Pakistan and his subsequent oath-taking ceremony.

China Global Television Network (CGTN), China's only English language television channel, CCTV (China Central Television), a Chinese state-owned broadcaster having a network of 50 channels and controlled by the Chinese Communist Party, and a large number of leading newspapers and news websites especially Global Times, People's Daily, China Daily, China Economic Net, prominently highlighted the election and oath-taking ceremony of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.

The news channels aired special news reports and expert opinions and newspapers published reports and articles projecting political career of Shehbaz Sharif as the...