Mike Pompeo says move is part of efforts to push back against ‘propaganda efforts’; Chinese state media says
Beijing will retaliate
The state department is designating the US operations of six more China-based media companies as foreign missions, US
Secretary of State,
Mike Pompeo, has announced, a move said was aimed at pushing back against communist propaganda.
The US would also launch a dialogue on
China with the
European Union on Friday, Pompeo said, and that on Sunday he would begin a trip to
India, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and
Indonesia.