BBC World News has been barred from broadcasting in China, a week after an OFCOM decision to strip the UK broadcasting licence of a Chinese state broadcaster.
China’s Xinhua news agency reported that the country’s broadcasting regulator had pulled BBC World News off air for "serious content violations."
The National Radio and Television Administration (NRTA) said BBC World News had violated broadcasting rules requiring accuracy and impartiality in its reports on China, and had undermined China’s national interests and "ethnic solidarity," the agency said.
"As the channel fails to meet the requirements to broadcast in China as an overseas channel, BBC World News is not allowed to continue its service within Chinese territory. The NRTA will not accept the channel’s broadcast application for the new year," the regulator said.
Last week China accused the UK of “political oppression, double standards and hypocrisy” after regulator Ofcom banned CGTN, a Chinese state broadcaster, from British airwaves.
Ofcom revoked CGTN’s licence to broadcast in the UK after finding it was “ultimately controlled by the Chinese Communist Party,” violating rules that require organisations to exercise editorial oversight and not be controlled by political bodies.
The foreign ministry in Beijing accused Ofcom of making a decision “based on ideological prejudice and political reasons,” and “urged the UK to immediately stop its political manoeuvres and recent mistakes".
China “reserves the right to take action in response,” said Wang Wenbin, foreign ministry spokesman, without specifying any measures.
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