Chinese regulators announced yesterday that they are banning British government-funded media outlet the BBC from broadcasting to its population of 1.4 billion people. The decision to block the 98-year-old corporation entirely elicited a storm of condemnation in the West. “China’s decision...is an unacceptable curtailing of media freedom. China has
CNN宣布BBC被“禁止”,但CGTN被“撤回”,因为中英在宣传战中开火
尽管这显然是一个针锋相对的决定,但许多媒体仍然设法将其定为对中国言论自由的打击,忽略了西方数十年来的媒体压制。