US tightens rules on Chinese state media over `propaganda` concerns
(The Guardian China)

State department told five Chinese outlets they would need approval to buy property, and must submit lists of employeesThe United States has tightened rules on Chinese state media organizations as it classified them as foreign missions, decrying what US officials described as Beijing´s growing `propaganda`.In a step likely to anger Beijing, the state department told five outlets including the Xinhua news agency and the China Global Television Network that they will need to seek approval to buy any property. Related: Inside China`s audacious global propaganda campaign Related: `Time for the Chinese miracle`: Beijing`s new English language propaganda push Continue reading...