Bush Criticized for Interviews With State-Run Chinese Media.

Jul 31, 2008

President Bush sat down yesterday for interviews with foreign journalists, including two unusual media outlets: the People's Daily newspaper and the Central China Television network, both controlled by China's ruling Communist Party.

Derek Mitchell, a senior fellow for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, said state-run media in China "have a record of saying they won't edit, and then turning around and editing anyway."

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