China has banned BBC World News from broadcasting in the country, its television and radio regulator announced on Thursday.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-56030340
Something they said?
@gemlog
They're returning the favour of Ofcom, who revoked the UK licence of a Chinese news broadcaster earlier in the week.
@PhotonQyv ah. Thanks.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-55931548
Plus, obviously the BBC keep mentioning the Uighar, and Hong Kong and so on.
@PhotonQyv Hong Kong’s RTHK suspends BBC World News after ban in China over Xinjiang reporting
https://hongkongfp.com/2021/02/12/hong-kongs-rthk-suspends-bbc-world-news-after-ban-in-china-over-xinjiang-reporting/
@gemlog
Not really all that surprising. As far as China is concerned Hong Kong is China and has been since 1999.
BBC is not saying HK is not Chinese, they just reported on protests.
If you want a 45 minute discussion of this .. the latest Model Maze discusses it.
[Moral Maze] The ‘Age of Impunity’ #moralMaze
https://podcastaddict.com/episode/118979774 via @PodcastAddict
A comment I have 30 mins into this very interesting debate: they repeatedly say "we should", "we need" (as in "we need to think about what we can do realistically with Russia" etc).
I fundamentally disagree with the notion that there's any collective "we" in any country. This directly contradicts the very concept of liberal democracy, where we are individuals, with our own brains and ideas.
