The US State Department on Tuesday said it will officially treat five Chinese state media outlets as government agencies controlled by Beijing.
These media organizations include China’s state news agency Xinhua, CGTN, China Radio International, China Daily and a distribution branch for the People’s Daily, the Communist Party mouthpiece, called Hai Tian Development USA.
The decision will require the staff of these entities to register with the US State Department the same way that embassy and consular employees do, a State Department official said.
“These five entities all meet the definition of a foreign mission under the Foreign Missions Act,” the official said. They are “substantially own
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Feb 19, 2020