US cites propaganda concerns for new rules on state-owned Chinese media

and US properties with the State Department.

Two senior State Department officials said the decision was made because China has been tightening state control over its media and President Xi Jinping has made more aggressive use of them to spread pro-Beijing propaganda. “The control over both the content and editorial control have only strengthened over the course of Xi Jinping’s term in power,” said one official. “These guys are in fact arms of the CCP’s propaganda apparatus.”

The State Department informed the five entities of its decision by letter on Tuesday, the official said. The Chinese Embassy did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Beijing’s control of China’s state-owned media has become “more and more draconian,” the second official said.Tensions between the two superpowers have escalated since President Donald Trump came to office three years ago, with disputes ranging from trade tariffs to accusations of Chinese spying in the United States and to US support for Taiwan.Tuesday’s decision, the officials said, is not linked to any recent developments in Sino-US relations and has been under consideration for some time.

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