POLICY/DEFENSE/SECURITY_ US brands four Chinese state media outlets 'foreign missions'

WASHINGTON EXAMINER

US brands four Chinese state media outlets 'foreign missions'

by Joel Gehrke, Foreign Affairs Reporter | | June 22, 2020 06:21 PM


Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has branded four more Chinese state-run media outlets as foreign missions, a decision that subjects the employees to the scrutiny and restrictions applied to diplomats and undercover intelligence officers.

“The decision to designate these entities is not based on any content produced by these entities, nor does it place any restrictions on what the designated entities may publish in the United States,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said Monday. “It simply recognizes them for what they are.”

The new announcement applies to China Central Television, China News Service, the People’s Daily, and the Global Times. That foursome joins a list of five other state-run media organizations that Pompeo denounced as foreign missions in February, in a sign of how the State Department believes that the U.S.-China rivalry has acquired an ideological character.

“I would want to stress here that the Communist Party does not just exercise operational control over these propaganda entities, but it has full editorial control over their content,” Assistant Secretary David Stilwell told reporters in explaining the decision.

...

READ MORE: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/defense-national-security/us-brands-four-chinese-state-media-outlets-foreign-missions


***

Chân thành cám ơn Quý Anh Chị ghé thăm "conbenho Nguyễn Hoài Trang Blog"
Xin được lắng nghe ý kiến chia sẻ của Quý Anh Chị trực tiếp tại Diễn Đàn Paltalk: 1Latdo Tapdoan Vietgian CSVN Phanquoc Bannuoc .
Kính chúc Sức Khỏe Quý Anh Chị .

conbenho
Tiểu Muội quantu
Nguyễn Hoài Trang
23062020
___________
Cộng sản Việt Nam là TỘI ÁC
Bao che, dung dưỡng TỘI ÁC là ĐỒNG LÕA với TỘI ÁC