China gives six U.S. media outlets a week to report on operations
Source: Reuters
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OCTOBER 26, 2020 10:33 AM UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
China gives six U.S. media outlets a week to report on operations
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinas foreign ministry has ordered six U.S. media outlets to report back on their operations in the country within seven days, after Washington said it was designating the U.S. arms of six more China-based media firms as foreign missions.
The U.S. media firms affected are the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, Feature Story News, the Bureau of National Affairs and Minnesota Public Radio, according to a statement from Chinas Ministry of Foreign Affairs late on Monday.
Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian vowed last week Beijing would respond to the U.S. action, which was announced by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and followed an initial crackdown on Chinese media outlets in the United States in March.
The move further soured Sino-U.S. ties, which have sunk to their lowest point in decades as disputes rage over issues from trade and technology to human rights and the coronavirus.
The United States, in total disregard of Chinas legitimate and reasonable demand and solemn warning, insistently ramped up political repression and stigmatisation of Chinese media agencies and personnel, Zhao said in the statement.
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