Posted on 07/01/2020 8:04:02 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
China has demanded four U.S. media outlets that operate in the country provide information on their staff and businesses, a move that comes in response to similar demands on Chinese state-controlled news outlets that operate in the U.S.
Foreign ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian announced Wednesday that The Associated Press, United Press International (UPI), CBS and National Public Radio must file documents detailing their staff, financial operations and real estate ownership, among other matters, within seven days.
Zhao said the move is in direct response to the U.S.’s decision in June to designate four Chinese media outlets as “foreign missions” amid accusations they promoted propaganda. The designation could require the Chinese outlets to reduce their staff in the U.S. and mandates similar disclosures.
“It should be pointed out that the above-mentioned measures by China are completely necessary countermeasures and are completely legitimate defenses compelled by unreasonable suppression of the U.S. side on Chinese media agencies in the United States,” Zhao said at a daily briefing.
“China urges the U.S. to immediately change its course and correct its mistakes and stop the political suppression and unreasonable restrictions of the Chinese media,” he added.
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China knows everyone working for them at AP, UPI, CBS, and NPR.
The CIA are all over these companies. They are swamp rats, all of them. China is right to mistrust them. We are wrong not to. The Swamp in all its infestations needs to be drained. American institutions run themselves. They are not beholden to the American voter. As far as I am concerned China can arrest these people and disappear them. They are elite globalists who are up to no good. This does not mean I am taking China’s side. This means that the press is no better than China.
LOL, those US media companies are working FOR China.
This is a good thing. Lets all the players just get a bit more honest about how they actually feel.
Kabuki Theater, China is just trying to convince people that our media isn’t under China’s influence, don’t fall for it!
I’d enjoy having China kick each of those out of China.
Yeah, we’d ALL like more information from those outlets instead of the lies, propaganda and lies they put out.
You cannot own land in China. You can own lease rights and then develop the property, but then the property will go back to China.
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