WASHINGTON, USA – The United States on Tuesday, February 18 tightened rules on Chinese state media organizations as it classified them as foreign missions, decrying what US officials described as Beijing'sIn a step likely to anger Beijing, the State Department told 5 outlets including the Xinhua news agency and the China Global Television Network that they will need to seek approval to buy any property.
State Department officials, who said they informed the outlets of the new rules Tuesday morning, described Chinese media as increasingly a tool of the state since President Xi Jinping took office in 2013. The official was mindful that China could take retaliatory action but said that Chinese journalists in the United States would"continue to enjoy our free and open system."
While China Daily and China Global Television Network have complied with the Foreign Agents Registration Act, lawmakers last month complained that Xinhua has not followed through and questioned the government's enforcement powers. Inside the United States, China has increasingly invested in English-language media, hiring native speakers to produce journalism that is often professional and polished when avoiding topics of sensitivity for Beijing.
The vast civilian population of China can overrun their gov't if they really wanted to & I think they can succeed. I think the autocratic gov't itself is tired of keeping a tight hold, just like glasnost-perestroika era USSR. It's about time for the communist to reform or perish.
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