US names six more China media firms as foreign missions


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WASHINGTON/BEIJING • US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on Wednesday that the State Department was designating the American operations of six more China-based media companies as foreign missions, a move he said was aimed at pushing back against communist propaganda. Mr Pompeo also said at a State Department news conference that the United States would launch a dialogue on China with the European Union today, and that he would on Sunday begin a trip to India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Indonesia, expecting to discuss how "free nations can work together to thwart threats posed by the Chinese Communist...