US designates six more Chinese media outlets as foreign missions

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Wednesday the United States was designating the US operations of six more China-based media companies as foreign missions, a move he said was aimed at pushing back against communist propaganda. Pompeo also told a State Department news conference that the US would launch a dialogue on China with the European Union on Friday and that on Sunday he would begin a trip to India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia. He said he expected the meetings would include discussions about how ࢀœfree nations can work together to thwart threats posed by the…