Announcing the decision at a press briefing Wednesday, U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the six media companies were “significantly or effectively controlled by a foreign government.”
“We are not imposing any restrictions on what these outlets can publish in the United States,” Pompeo said. “We simply want to make sure that the American people, the users of the information, can distinguish between the free press distributed by the Chinese Communist Party and the news written by propaganda. They are not the same thing.”
In a statement released by State Department spokeswoman Morgan Tartagus, the decision was taken by U.S. Global, Jifang Daily, Xinmin Evening News, Social Science in China Press, Beijing Review and U.S. The operation will be affected.
Hu Zhijin, editor-in-chief of China’s state-run tabloid Global Times, said on his official Twitter account that the decision would “add more poison”. [the] Working environment of media outlets in each other’s country. “
“As long as the Chinese media does real damage to the media, Beijing will definitely take revenge,” Hu said. He added that the U.S. in Hong Kong. Media operations, which have traditionally served as international media hubs, can be included in the “change list”.
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