China just announced that it has barred @BBCWorld from airing in China. According to @EtienneSoula, this comes after weeks of particularly harsh criticism of the outlet by the Chinese propaganda network monitored on our Hamilton 2.0 dashboard. 🧵 news.yahoo.com/bbc-world-news…
Last week, the British telecommunications regulator revoked CGTN’s license because of the Chinese Communist Party’s editorial control over the channel. Chinese officials were, to put it mildly, displeased. securingdemocracy.gmfus.org/securing-democ… 
Over the past week, 3 of the 5 most viewed Chinese state media videos on YouTube criticized @BBCWorld directly. This notably included coverage of China’s official condemnation of the outlet.
The official condemnation came after BBC reported on several Uyghurs’ testimonies of systematic abuse taking place in “re-education camps” in China’s Xinjiang province bbc.com/news/world-asi…
On Twitter, @BBCWorld was mentioned by name more than 70 times by Chinese diplomats and state media accounts within the past week. ”Xinjiang” and “lies” are the top 2 keywords associated with those mentions.
Some of China’s state-backed media criticized the article itself, particularly taking aim at the credibility of the witnesses it quoted.
Other content attacked @BBCWorld’s methods and journalistic integrity more broadly. For instance, CGTN prominently featured a guest who accused the British outlet of pursuing “a Cold War agenda to darken the name of China.”
Moves against @BBCWorld are taking place within a broader degradation of Sino-British relations. The UK’s plan to offer a path to citizenship to thousands of Hong Kong citizens already drew Beijing’s ire two weeks ago.
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