US designates 4 more Chinese media organizations as ‘state propaganda outlets’
The Trump administration announced on June 22 that it was designating four more Chinese media organizations as “propaganda outlets”, putting them on par with diplomatic missions, in a new round of restrictions likely to lead to some form of retaliation from China.David Stilwell, the State Department's assistant secretary for East Asia and Pacific affairs, said that China Central Television, China News Service, People's Daily and the Global Times would have to report details of their US staffing and what their US real estate holdings are to the State Department.“In designating these outlets as foreign missions, we are formally recognizing the China party state’s effective control over so-called media entities, including those that operate here in the United States,” Stilwell told reporters....