Category: CGTN

Chinese Social Media Influencer Forced to Confess on TV

A Chinese social media influencer with millions of followers was recently arrested by Chinese authorities for questioning the Chinese soldiers’ death toll in the Sino-India border conflict in 2020. He was forced to make a “confession” on China’s state-run national TV. On Mar. 1, the Nanjing Procuratorate announced on its official social media WeChat account…


BBC World News Barred From Airing in China After UK Bans CGTN

The Chinese regime announced on Thursday that it is pulling BBC World News off air in China, a week after the UK’s broadcasting regulator revoked the licence of Chinese state broadcaster CGTN. BBC World News, the BBC’s international news channel, cannot be seen by the vast majority of Chinese viewers, and can only be watched…


Beijing Bars BBC World News From Airing in China After UK Bans CGTN

The Chinese regime announced on Thursday that it is pulling BBC World News off air in China, a week after the UK’s broadcasting regulator revoked the licence of Chinese state broadcaster CGTN. BBC World News, the BBC’s international news channel, cannot be seen by the vast majority of Chinese viewers, and can only be watched…


Australian Journalist Cheng Lei Formally Arrested in China

Australian journalist Cheng Lei was formally arrested in China on Feb. 5 on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas, after being detained for six months without charge. Cheng, 49, was a news anchor for CGTN, the international arm of the Chinese regime’s state broadcaster, CCTV, before being detained in Beijing in August 2020 amid testy relations…


UK Revoking License for Chinese-State Media ‘A Moment of Triumph’: Forced Confession Victims

The revocation of a broadcasting license for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) English-language news channel in the UK has been described as a “moment of triumph” and “historically significant,” victims of the regime’s human rights abuses have said. The UK’s broadcasting regulator Ofcom on Thursday revoked a license it had granted to the CCP’s global TV mouthpiece China Global Television…


UK Revoking Licence for Chinese-State Media ‘A Moment of Triumph’: Forced Confession Victims

The revocation of a broadcasting license for the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) English-language news channel in the UK has been described as a “moment of triumph” and “historically significant,” by victims of the regime’s human rights abuses. The UK’s broadcasting regulator Ofcom on Thursday revoked a license it had granted to the CCP’s global TV mouthpiece China Global Television Network…


Chinese State Broadcaster CGTN Banned in UK

Britain’s broadcasting regulator on Thursday revoked the licence for Chinese television outlet CGTN to broadcast in the UK. CGTN, or China Global Television Network, is an international English-language satellite news channel owned by the Chinese regime and directly controlled by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ofcom made the decision (pdf) after it concluded that the…