BEIJING (AP) — The government is intensifying efforts to control foreign media coverage of China, blocking websites, harassing reporters trying to cover trials of activists in Beijing and thwarting efforts by The New York Times to station new journalists on the mainland. The government under President Xi Jinping has taken an increasingly hard
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«International coverage is no longer simply damaging to China’s international image … It’s also damaging to China’s domestic image of the ruling party.»