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Trump Administration Caps Chinese State Media Personnel in US

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   The Trump administration is limiting the number of Chinese state media
   personnel allowed to work in the United States, citing Beijing's
   "long-standing intimidation and harassment of journalists."

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday announced a cap on
   People's Republic of China (PRC) citizens from five Chinese state-owned
   outlets -- Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network (CGTV),
   China Radio International, China Daily Distribution Corp., and Hai Tian
   Development USA, Inc.

   These entities together currently employ about 160 Chinese nationals.
   Effective March 13, the reductions will bring this number to 100,
   according to the State Department.

   Chinese citizens working for other media organizations in the U.S. are
   not affected by the cap.

   On Monday, Zhang Jun, Chinese ambassador to the United Nations, said
   the U.S. should not interfere with the work of Chinese journalists.

   "We have some differences, but we do not think it is appropriate for
   the United States to take steps in interfering with the work of
   journalists coming from China," he said at a news conference to mark
   China's presidency of the U.N. Security Council in March.

   Foreign reporters in China

   The five entities are determined by the U.S. as "explicit propaganda
   organs of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)" and had been previously
   designated by the State Department as foreign missions of the Chinese
   government.

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