US labels 4 more Chinese media outlets foreign missions

US labels 4 more Chinese media outlets foreign missions Yazan: Naver By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA) ࢀ" The US moved Monday to designate four new Chinese state-owned media outlets as foreign missions, accusing them of being “beholden to the Chinese Communist Party,” amid an escalating row between Washington and Beijing. State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus accused the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) of reorganizing China’s “state propaganda outlets disguised as news agencies,” saying that under President Xi Jinping that effort has escalated and the Chinese government has now “asserted even more direct control over them.” “The decision to designate these entities…