U.S. Escalates China Tensions With Further Media Restrictions

The U.S. designated six more Chinese publications as ࢀœforeign missions,ࢀ adding to the list of media outlets it describes as controlled by Beijing which must meet requirements similar to those imposed on embassies and consulates in America. The outlets include the Economic Daily, which provides an important window into Beijingࢀ™s economic views, and the Jiefang Daily, the official publication of Shanghaiࢀ™s powerful Communist Party Committee. The others — Yicai Global, Xinmin Evening News, Social Sciences in China Press, and the Beijing Review — are less widely known. ࢀœThey are all substantially owned or effectively controlled by a foreign government,ࢀ Secretary…