It was reported by the US State Department, in what it represents a new onslaught of the Donald Trump administration towards the Asian giant.
According to the secretary of state, Mike PompeoThese programs, carried out under the US law known by the acronym MECEA (Mutual Education and Cultural Exchange Act of 1961), which allows US government employees to travel with funds from foreign governments, have been “disguised as ‘cultural exchanges'”.
“While other programs funded by MECEA are mutually beneficial, the five programs in question are fully funded and run by the Chinese government as propaganda tools.”Pompeo said.
“The accesses – he continued – are carefully filtered by officials of the Chinese Communist Party, not by the Chinese people, who do not enjoy freedom of expression and assembly.”
The resolution is the latest reflection of the now minimal relationship between the Trump administration and China.
During Trump’s presidency, the United States engaged in a trade war with Beijing, challenged its territorial ambitions in disputed Asian waters, criticized the suppression of freedoms in Hong Kong, and blamed China’s handling of the coronavirus epidemic, which later spread. became the pandemic that plagues the entire world.
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