US designates six more Chinese media companies as foreign missions (Update 3)


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US designates six more Chinese media companies as foreign missions By Ben Westcott and Jennifer Hansler, CNN Business The United States government has labeled six more Chinese media companies operating in the US as foreign missions in the latest round of tit-for-tat between Beijing and Washington over restrictions on journalists. US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the decision at a press briefing on Wednesday, saying that the six media companies were "substantially or effectively controlled by a foreign government." "We're not placing any restrictions on what these outlets can publish in the United States," Pompeo said. "We simply want...