The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. February 12, 2021 China Bans BBC's World News Channel ----------------------------------- China has banned the BBC's World News channel, after British authorities revoked the license of the state-run Chinese broadcaster CGTN. The move was largely symbolic because the BBC was already unavailable to the vast majority of China's population. .