Published: March 11th, 2021,
Last updated: March 15th, 2022
The media dispute between London and Beijing over CGTN and the BBC is, unsurprisingly, also being played out on the journalists’ playground Twitter. The EU correspondent of the state-run daily China Daily, Chen Weihua, made fun of the fine imposed on CGTN by the British media regulator Ofcom there: „Is the UK that broke?“ he wrote. You can read about the background to the fine in today’s News section – it’s not unlikely that there will be more resentment brewing on both sides of this issue in the future.