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UN GATE, July 6 – Chinese state media, given large offices and access in the UN of Antonio Guterres, was on February 18 officially deemed by the US State Department as arms of the Chinese government, subject to the Foreign Missions Act. On June 22, more listings, see below.

  Now on July 6, from US State Department Mike Pompeo, while Guterres keeps taking Chinese funds and covering up abuses, this: "The Chinese Communist Party’s destruction of free Hong Kong continues.  With the ink barely dry on the repressive National Security Law, local authorities – in an Orwellian move – have now established a central government national security office, started removing books critical of the CCP from library shelves, banned political slogans, and are now requiring schools to enforce censorship.  Until now, Hong Kong flourished because it allowed free thinking and free speech, under an independent rule of law.  No more.  The United States condemns Beijing’s repeated failure to live up to its obligations under the Sino-British Joint Declaration, and these latest assaults on the rights and freedoms of the people of Hong Kong." And from Guterres? The sucking sound of corruption.

  While groups like RSF and CPJ jumped to the defense of Chinese state media, they have done nothing about the ouster from the UN of Inner City Press, which was today June 22 bragged about Sri Lanka's former ambassador to the UN Palitha Kohona. He wrote in Asian Tribute that he used "respected" journalists at the UN Correspondents Association, which RSF and CPJ partner with and on whose Executive Committee Xinhua has a permanent seat, to get Inner City Press ousted after it undermined Antonio Guterres. Now what will RSF and CPJ do about this?

From DC: "Over the past decade and particularly under General Secretary Xi Jinping’s tenure, the CCP has reorganized China’s state propaganda outlets disguised as news agencies and asserted even more direct control over them. He has stated “Party-owned media must. . . embody the party’s will, safeguard the party’s authority … their actions must be highly consistent with the party.” In short, while Western media are beholden to the truth, PRC media are beholden to the Chinese Communist Party.  Pursuant to authorities under the Foreign Missions Act, the State Department is issuing today a new determination that designates the U.S. operations of China Central Television, China News Service, the People’s Daily, and the Global Times as foreign missions.  This follows on the February 18 designation of Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network, China Radio International, China Daily Distribution Corporation, and Hai Tian Development USA.  These nine entities all meet the definition of a foreign mission under the Foreign Missions Act, which is to say that they are “substantially owned or effectively controlled” by a foreign government.  In this case, they are effectively controlled by the government of the People’s Republic of China.  The decision to designate these entities is not based on any content produced by these entities, nor does it place any restrictions on what the designated entities may publish in the United States.  It simply recognizes them for what they are.  Entities designated as foreign missions must adhere to certain administrative requirements that also apply to foreign embassies and consulates in the United States.  This designation recognizes PRC propaganda outlets as foreign missions and increases transparency relating to the CCP and PRC government’s media activities in the United States. "

Covered in this first move are UN dominators, with permanent veto-wielding representation on the board of the UN Correspondents Association, are Xinhua News Agency, China Radio International, China Global Television Network and the distributors of China Daily and People’s Daily. 

 While the UN of Guterres and his head of media accreditation Melissa Fleming gives these entities office and unlimited questions at the dying noon briefing, they roughed up and ban Inner City Press which asks about it and Guterres' links to and cover ups for China state UN briber CEFC China Energy.  

  Now, tellingly, "Reporters Without Borders" known by its French acronym RSF, which never did anything about UN Sec-Gen Antonio Guterres having Inner City Press roughed up and banned, now 609 days - has come to the support of Xinhua, a state media which pronounces that mass incarceration in Xinjiang of the Uighurs is fine: "Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the State Department to immediately rescind a personnel cap placed on five Chinese state media outlets operating in the United States."

  So RSF has not problem with the UN physically throwing out the independent Press, but chimes in for Chinese state propaganda. They have lost their way somewhere - we'll have more on this.

  Note: before Inner City Press quit UNCA then was thrown out of the UN, it was on UNCA's board. When it raised the issue of the UN's ban on any Taiwanese journalist even entering the UN, the Xinhua veto-wielding member on UNCA board warned it stop raising the issue or it would be thrown out. As it was. And RSF?

Here are UNCA members from those groups, all information from UNCA's publicly available website - other dictator media favored by Guterres while he bans Inner City Press will be profiled as this series progresses. Xinhua has no fewer that TEN people who are members of UNCA, in huge offices:

Ma Jianguo Xinhua News Agency Bureau Chief United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New York NY 10017 mjg222888@gmail.com Mobile: 917-868-3210

Reilly Wlliam Xinhua News Agency Special Correspondent United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New York NY 10017 reilly@pipeline.com Mobile: (917) 287-1415 ) 

Lin Yuan Xinhua Xinhuanet.com (English News Agency Correspondent United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New YorkNY 10017 yblinyuan@hotmail.com Tel: 646-912-9751  Mobile: 646-830-3112

E Xie Xinhua News Agency Correspondent United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New York NY 10017 charlestseun@gmail.com Mobile: 917-972-1331 

Kong Xiaohan Xinhua News Agency United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New York NY 10017 kongatwork15@gmail.com Tel: 212-813-0171  Mobile: 917-655-5596

Li Muzi Xinhua News Agency photographer United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New YorkNY 10017 limuziun@gmail.com Mobile: 917-892-2377

Wang Jiangang Xinhua News Agency Correspondent United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New York NY 10017 wjg412@gmail.com Tel: 646-912-9751  Mobile: 917-655-5596

Xu Xiaolei Xinhua News Agency Journalist United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New York NY 10017 xuxiaolei@gmail.com Tel: 646-912-9751 Mobile: 917-370-4859 

Shang Xuqian Xinhua News Agency reporter United Nations Correspondents Association Room S-313 New York NY 10017 shangxuqian@hotmail.com Tel: 646-912-9751 Mobile: 917-826-8800  

Shi Xiaomeng Xinhua News Agency Correspondent United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New York NY 10017 jeanxiaomeng@gmail.com Tel: 212-813-0171  Mobile: 917-826-8800 

Wang Jiangang Xinhua News Agency United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-313 New York NY 10017 wjg412@gmail.com Tel: 212-813-0171  Mobile: 917-655-5596 

Yang Jun People's Daily of China Journalist 415 East 37th Street 17K New York NY 10016 sarget@gmail.com Mobile: 917-288-9010 

Huang Jishun China Central Television United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-0417 New York NY 10017 hjsh777@sina.com Tel: (001) 917-9752507 Mobile: (001) 917-9752507 

Yin Miao People's Daily United Nations Secretariat Building Room S0335 New York NY 10017 ymrmrb1004@gmail.com Tel: 212-933-0733 Mobile: 917-737-5599

Yin Xiangyu China Central Television (CCTV) United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-417 New York NY 10017 sunnymaggieyin@gmail.com Mobile: 917-592-5199

Yang Chun China Central Television Chief Correspondent, NY Bureau United Nations Secretariat Building Room S-417 New York NY 10017 yangchuncctvny@gmail.com Mobile: 347-326-4312

Yang Jun People's Daily of China Journalist 415 East 37th Street 17K New York NY 10016 sarget@gmail.com Mobile: 917-288-9010

Qian Shanming China Radio International Chief Correspondent, UN Bureau qsm_ny@163.com Tel: 212-899-2076 Mobile: 917-651-1993  

More to follow. Watch this site.

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