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Which countries banned BBC news?
China
China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on Thursday. China has criticised the BBC for its reporting on coronavirus and the persecution of ethnic minority Uighurs.
Can you watch BBC in China?
And in the past two years China has been systematically blocking or banning foreign media, including in effect expelling journalists from three US newspapers in 2020. The BBC website and its app are already banned in mainland China.
Why is the BBC banned in China?
China’s National Radio and Television Administration said Friday that it won’t allow BBC World News to continue airing inside China. It accused the BBC of failing to meet the requirement for news to be truthful and fair, and accused it of damaging China’s national interests.
How is BBC World News funded?
The World Service is funded by the United Kingdom’s television licence fee, limited advertising and the profits of BBC Studios. The service was also guaranteed £289 million (allocated over a five-year period ending in 2020) from the UK government.
How is BBC World news funded?
What happened to BBC in China?
China’s National Radio and Television Administration said Friday that it won’t allow BBC World News to continue airing inside China. The ban comes after Ofcom, the U.K.’s media regulator, withdrew the license for CGTN, which is China’s English language news channel. …
Why was the BBC kicked out of China?
BEIJING (Reuters) -The British Broadcasting Corp said on Wednesday one of its journalists in China had relocated to Taiwan, a move that comes amid criticism from Beijing of its reports on alleged human rights abuses against Uighur Muslims in the Xinjiang region.
It accused the BBC of failing to meet the requirement for news to be truthful and fair, and accused it of damaging China’s national interests. The ban comes after Ofcom, the U.K.’s media regulator, withdrew the license for CGTN, which is China’s English language news channel.
What is the BBC’s relationship with China?
The BBC said in a statement: “The BBC is the world’s most trusted international news broadcaster and reports on stories around the world fairly, impartially and without fear or favour.” It added: “We are disappointed that the Chinese authorities have decided to take this course of action.”
Why was BBC News yanked from Chinese airwaves?
The decision to yank BBC News off Chinese airwaves comes just a week after British media regulators pulled the license of China’s state-owned international news channel CGTN.
Its supporters point to the presence of a major biological research facility in the city. The Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) has been studying coronaviruses in bats for over a decade. The institute is a 40-minute drive from the Huanan wet market where the first cluster of infections emerged in Wuhan.