U.S. Escalates China Tensions With Further Media Restrictions


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The U.S. designated six more Chinese publications as “foreign missions,” 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 Beijing’s economic views, and the Jiefang Daily, the official publication of Shanghai’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. “They are all substantially owned or effectively controlled by a foreign government,” Secretary...