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- 12 February, 2021
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BBC World News has been banned from airing in China, according to a statement from China’s National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA), Report informs, referring to CNN.
The announcement comes one week after Ofcom, the British media regulator, said it had withdrawn a license for China Global Television Network, or CGTN, to broadcast in the UK.
In the statement, China’s NRTA claimed that BBC World News had broadcast reports on China that ‘infringed the principles of truthfulness and impartiality in journalism.’
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