The United States on Wednesday tightened rules on six more Chinese media organizations, saying that they are propaganda outlets that answer to the state. It was the third round of US designations of Chinese outlets as “foreign missions,” which requires them to report details on their US-based staff and real estate transactions to the State Department. “While free media around the world are beholden to the truth, PRC media are beholden to the CCP,” State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus said, referring to the People’s Republic of China and the Chinese Communist Party. “The United States is publicly recognizing that reality through these designations,” she said. The State Department earlier enforced rules on nine better-known outlets including the Xinhua news agency and China Global Television Network.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer October 21, 2020 17:48 UTC