Hong Kong cuts off BBC after China, controversy over media freedom and damage to both countries

BBC headquarters. yunhap news-The Hong Kong Public Broadcasting System (RTHK)’s decision to stop broadcasting broadcasts to the BBC in the UK following the decision of the Chinese authorities led to controversy that it undermined Hong Kong’s freedom of speech and the one-country system.

Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post (SCMP) said on the 13th, “The Hong Kong public broadcaster’s unplugging the BBC’s program following a Chinese government’s ban was alarming in the city. To raise,” he reported.

“I wasn’t particularly surprised by RTHK’s unprecedented move,” said Professor Bruce Rui of the Baptist Press Department. “It reflects the shrinking Hong Kong’s freedom to make decisions by China.”

“In the past, even if Beijing aimed at a specific individual or media organization, there was space for them in Hong Kong. This case shows that there is only’one country’ in relation to the media, but there is not much space for’bilateralism’ anymore.” He added.

Gladys Chu, chairman of the RTHK union, said, “We are very sorry that this ban is contrary to the broadcasting station’s mission to provide a variety of famous programs.” “Work”.

China’s National Radio and Television Administration (Optoelectronics Administration) made a decision to ban BBC broadcasts in their country from the 12th.

The BBC recently reported on the outbreak of a novel coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region concentration camps and Wuhan, and China strongly opposed it.

Hong Kong’s public broadcaster RTHK also stopped broadcasting on the BBC due to the decision of the Optoelectronics Bureau. Originally, RTHK broadcasted BBC World from 11:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. through radio channels 1 and 2.

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