State Department Names Five Chinese Media Outlets as Foreign Diplomatic Missions in U.S.

WASHINGTON—The Trump administration is heightening scrutiny of China’s huge state-owned media retailers in the U.S., designating them as overseas diplomatic missions, in a even more effort to rein in Chinese govt action.

The Point out Office stated Tuesday that the U.S. operations of 5 Chinese information organizations—Xinhua News Agency, China Radio Global, China Worldwide Television Network and the distributors of China Day by day and People’s Daily—will be regarded as overseas diplomatic missions.

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