USA återkallar visum för kinesisk journalist | NTD NYHETER

Tensions are rising as China and the U.S. both expel reporters. China on Monday said it opposes the U.S. revoking the visa of a Chinese journalist working in the U.S. for Xinhua, a Chinese Communist Party mouthpiece. Washington's action follows Beijing's decision to expel a New York Times reporter after the paper interviewed Taiwanese President Lai Qingde. The spokesperson for Taiwan's presidential office said Taiwan would not be silenced by oppression. The State Department told the Epoch Times that the U.S. cannot accept the continued lack of reciprocity for U.S. media in China. It's rare for the U.S. government to directly retaliate in response to Beijing's expulsion of American journalists. Deng Xue, the editor-in-chief of China Spring Magazine, told NTD that such countermeasures were long overdue. When the Chinese Communist Party uses such unreasonable tactics against American media and journalists, the United States should respond with appropriate and timely countermeasures. For years, the Chinese regime has imposed strict controls on foreign journalists. Foreign journalists are typically monitored while working in China, and those who raise questions that crosses the regime's red line, such as Tibet, Uyghurs, Falun Gong, Hong Kong or Taiwan, could face immediate sanctions from Beijing. In contrast, Chinese state-owned media have operated freely in the U.S. and other Western countries for years, using press freedom to promote Beijing's propaganda. For a long time, Western democracies have largely accepted the CCP's approach, and that's allowed Beijing to deeply infiltrate our societies. A notable change came during President Trump's first term. The U.S. capped the number of Chinese nationals allowed to work for four Chinese state media in the U.S. to about 100. Still, Chen Xue says allowing Chinese state media to operate in the U.S. could indirectly influence U.S. elections. She noted that many Chinese immigrants consume news from Chinese-language outlets in the U.S., many of which are controlled by Beijing or its proxies. So even though these Chinese immigrants live in the U.S., a lot of the information they're exposed to, including news and analysis, tend to line up with Beijing's narrative. And over time, as they keep taking that in, their views can gradually shift to be more aligned with the Chinese Communist Party rather than the U.S. It's worth noting many such readers influenced by Beijing propaganda live in highly contested congressional districts in California and New York. Cheng noted that CCP propaganda could potentially influence their voting decisions in favor of pro-Beijing candidates, which could in turn harm U.S. interests. Beijing has been spending heavily to influence U.S. politics, spending $280 million from 2016 to 2020 more than any other foreign country.