China has increasingly restricted the presence of foreign media in the country while boosting its own propaganda presence abroad
. The stance is in keeping with its increasingly confrontational relationship with the U.S. and Western democracies over trade, human rights and territorial claims.Article content
After being denied visas, many foreign media outlets have based correspondents in Taiwan and other Asian centers that protect free speech. CBC said Philippe Leblanc, a journalist with Radio-Canada, the broadcaster’s French-language counterpart, would work from Taiwan’s capital, Taipei, after Chinese diplomats ignored his applications.
China’s media is tightly controlled by the Communist Party and Beijing regards the foreign press as an extension of the policies of their home countries, regardless of ownership and levels of state control.Article content
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