{"id":125489,"date":"2021-02-12T09:01:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T14:01:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125489"},"modified":"2021-02-12T10:42:34","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T15:42:34","slug":"state-dept-sides-with-u-k-after-chinas-bbc-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-sides-with-u-k-after-chinas-bbc-ban\/","title":{"rendered":"State Dept. sides with U.K. after China\u2019s BBC ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstate-dept-sides-with-u-k-after-chinas-bbc-ban%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=125489&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div id=\"attachment_2371387\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2371387\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2371387 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21043262581961-704x437.jpg\" alt=\"FILE - This Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, shows the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation sign on their offices at White City in London. China has banned the BBC World News television channel from the few outlets where it could be seen in the country in possible retaliation after British regulators revoked the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN. (AP Photo\/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)\" width=\"704\" height=\"437\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2371387\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FILE \u2013 This Oct. 17, 2007, file photo, shows the BBC, British Broadcasting Corporation sign on their offices at White City in London. China has banned the BBC World News television channel from the few outlets where it could be seen in the country in possible retaliation after British regulators revoked the license of state-owned Chinese broadcaster CGTN. (AP Photo\/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h5>OAN Newsroom<br \/>UPDATED 7:34 AM PT \u2013 Friday, February 12, 2021<\/h5>\n<p>The State Department has expressed support for the U.K. after Beijing\u2019s ban on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world\">BBC World News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe absolutely condemn the PRC\u2019s decision to ban BBC World News,\u201d announced department spokesman Ned Price.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, U.S. diplomats said Beijing maintains one of the most oppressive and restrictive information spaces in the world, and the ban of the BBC further restricts freedom of speech in the communist country.<\/p>\n<p>The State Department said Beijing is spreading its own propaganda, unrestricted, in other parts of the world.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2371388\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2371388\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2371388 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dzm0ugdauank9.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/AP21040691261051.jpg\" alt=\"State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2021. (Olivier Douliery\/Pool via AP)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"717\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-2371388\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Department spokesman Ned Price speaks during a press briefing at the State Department in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2021. (Olivier Douliery\/Pool via AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s troubling that as the PRC restricts outlets and platforms from operating freely in China, Beijing\u2019s leaders use free and open media environments overseas to promote misinformation,\u201d Price continued. \u201cWe call on the PRC and other nations with authoritarian controls over their population to allow their full access to the Internet and media. \u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">China bans BBC World News from broadcasting <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ecjCKquMCb\">https:\/\/t.co\/ecjCKquMCb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BBCWorld\/status\/1359948897720893453?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 11, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The State Department also added, the BBC is an important outlet to maintain a free and open discussion.<\/p>\n<h4>MORE NEWS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/gov-desantis-wont-bend-to-bidens-attempts-to-restrict-travel-to-fla\/\">Gov. 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