China announces retaliatory actions versus US media

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The Connected Push, United Press International, CBS Information and NPR News must submit suitable paperwork to the Chinese governing administration within seven days, Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian explained Wednesday at a regular press briefing.

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

Beijing’s reaction comes after the Trump administration labeled the US offices of 4 Chinese state-operate media as “overseas missions” final week, necessitating them to file paperwork with the US authorities on their funds and staff. Washington added CCTV, People’s Day by day, World wide Periods and China News Company to a list of designated media that previously involved Xinhua, CCTV subsidiary China World wide Television Network, China Radio Global, China Everyday and People’s Day by day dad or mum Hai Tian Progress United states of america.

“The US measures are centered on Cold War mentality and ideological prejudices,” Zhao additional. “They have seriously harmed Chinese media’s status and picture, and severely disrupted their standard functions in the US.”

The Trump administration and the Beijing authorities have been engaged in many rounds of tit-for-tat focusing on of each individual other’s media outlets.

Before this yr, Beijing expelled journalists from a number of significant US information companies, together with the New York Times, the Washington Put up and the Wall Road Journal, just after the US capped the range of Chinese journalists allowed to work in the US offices of China’s point out-operate media.

— Angus Watson in Sydney contributed to this report.