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China announces retaliatory steps from US media

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The Affiliated Press, United Push Global, CBS Information and NPR News must post suitable paperwork to the Chinese federal government inside 7 times, International Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said Wednesday at a typical press briefing.

“China is compelled to consider these measures to counter the US’ unreasonable suppression of Chinese media in the US,” Zhao explained. “They are solely self-protection.”

Beijing’s response comes following the Trump administration labeled the US offices of 4 Chinese point out-run media as “international missions” final 7 days, necessitating them to file paperwork with the US authorities on their finances and staff. Washington included CCTV, People’s Daily, World-wide Occasions and China Information Provider to a checklist of specified media that by now provided Xinhua, CCTV subsidiary China Global Tv Community, China Radio Intercontinental, China Everyday and People’s Everyday father or mother Hai Tian Advancement United states.

“The US measures are primarily based on Chilly War mentality and ideological prejudices,” Zhao extra. “They have severely harmed Chinese media’s track record and image, and very seriously disrupted their standard operations in the US.”

The Trump administration and the Beijing govt have been engaged in various rounds of tit-for-tat focusing on of each and every other’s media stores.

Before this 12 months, Beijing expelled journalists from many main US information organizations, which include the New York Periods, the Washington Write-up and the Wall Road Journal, right after the US capped the variety of Chinese journalists allowed to function in the US workplaces of China’s state-operate media.

— Angus Watson in Sydney contributed to this post.

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