UK media regulator withdraws Chinese TV licence, prompting outrage by Beijing
China Global Television Network, an English language international Chinese channel, has been found to be controlled by its Communist Party
04 February 2021 - 18:25
London/Beijing — Britain’s media regulator revoked a Chinese TV licence on Thursday, after it concluded that the Chinese Communist Party had ultimate editorial responsibility for the channel, while Beijing lodged an official complaint over the BBC’s Covid-19 coverage.
Britain and China have been exchanging barbs for months over Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in Hong Kong, concern about the security of Huawei technology and the treatment of Uighur Muslims in China’s remote Xinjiang region...
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