WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday accused China of fearing a free media as it denounced Beijing's new restrictions on the international press.
WASHINGTON - The United States on Tuesday accused China of fearing a free media as it denounced Beijing's new restrictions on the international press.
"These proposed actions will worsen the reporting environment in China, which is already suffering a dearth of open and independent media reporting," she wrote on Twitter. Fellow Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been detained since last month, and China has acknowledged she is being held on national security grounds.
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