Chinese Broadcaster CGTN Suffers Further Setbacks and Embarrassment
A pedestrian walks past an office block that houses the offices of China's CGTN Europe (China Global Television Network), in Chiswick Park, west London, on Feb. 4, 2021. The UK's broadcast regulator on Aug. 26 revoked the license of Chinese news network CGTN after finding its state-backed ownership structure flouted British law, and warned of punishment ahead after it aired an alleged forced confession. Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images
It’s been a bad week for China Global Television Network (CGTN), the Chinese regime’s English media channel. On Aug, 26, CGTN was issued two fines of about $140,000 each, for airing the forced televised confessions of Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai and former Hong Kong resident Simon Cheng.
Peter Dahlin
Author
Peter Dahlin is the founder of the NGO Safeguard Defenders and the co-founder of the Beijing-based Chinese NGO China Action (2007–2016). He is the author of “Trial by Media” and a contributor to “The People’s Republic of the Disappeared.” He lived in Beijing from 2007 until he was detained and placed in a secret jail in 2016, and subsequently deported and banned. Prior to living in China, he worked for the Swedish government on gender-equality issues. He now lives in Madrid.
