China News Service, June 29. According to the official WeChat news of the China Journalist Association, the All-China Journalists Association announced on the 22nd that the US State Department has designated China Central Television, China News Service, People's Daily and Global Times as "foreign envoys" The regiment issued a statement that this was another brutal suppression of the normal work of Chinese media and journalists, and another gross violation of the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese media and journalists, which would further seriously interfere with the normal reporting activities of Chinese media in the United States. . The All-China Journalists Association expressed strong dissatisfaction and firm opposition.
The statement pointed out that since the beginning of this year, the US government's political pressure on the Chinese media has been escalating, Chinese media journalists have been discriminated in the United States, the working environment has continued to deteriorate, and the normal work order has been seriously disrupted. At the beginning of this year, the United States listed relevant Chinese media as so-called "foreign missions" and expelled 60 Chinese media reporters in disguise. On May 8, the US Department of Homeland Security issued a draft statement saying that the visa stay period for journalists from China within the United States will not exceed 90 days.
The statement said that the US government must say "equivalence", but most of the validity period of the US reporter's press card and residence permit in China is valid for one year, and it is only true that the period of stay of Chinese media journalist visa stay in the United States is limited to 90 days. Is not equal. The US government claims to be "press freedom", but it is so afraid of reporting by the Chinese media, and wantonly interferes with the reports of media journalists from various countries on the current anti-racial discrimination protests in the United States, and even fights against journalists, fully exposing the so-called "press freedom" that the US side advertises. Hypocrisy. According to statistics from relevant organizations, from May 26 to June 10, 405 violations of press freedom occurred in 64 cities in the United States, including 58 arrests and 86 attacks.
The statement said that in the current situation of the New Coronary Pneumonia epidemic, in response to the threat of this common public health event for all mankind, countries should unite and cooperate, promote information transparency, and promote rational, accurate, and responsible news reporting. However, the United States has been constantly instigating incidents, suppressing responsible media reports, and even spreading stigmatized, labelled, and inflammatory information. This runs counter to the common needs of all mankind to fight against epidemics and has a serious negative impact on global anti-epidemic actions.
The China Association of Records called on the US government to abandon outdated Cold War thinking and ideological prejudice, immediately correct wrong practices, immediately stop allegations and political suppression of Chinese media and journalists, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of journalists from various countries, including Chinese media reporters.