China vs U.K. The U.K.'s media regulator, Ofcom, yesterday revoked the broadcasting license of Chinese state media outlet CGTN, on the basis that it is a Communist Party instrument. It took minutes for China's foreign ministry to lay into the BBC, accusing the U.K. broadcaster of false reporting on COVID-19 and repression in Xinjiang. Here's a rather cringe-worthy tweet from foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian: "BBC shall not become Bad-mouthing Broadcasting Corporation." Reuters