China's plans to regulate economic reporting by foreign news services adding it would harm its chances of joining the World Trade Organization.
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A foreign news service was developed that in intelligence, fidelity, and general excellence reached the highest standard yet attained in American journalism.
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An order issued on Tuesday gave the official Xinhua News Agency authorization to control the sale of economic data by foreign news services.
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Among the supervisory functions-- which included accrediting foreign news services and checking stories for political content-- was the power to set subscription rates.
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The issue of China's regulation of foreign news services is regularly raised by U . S . officials in talks with Chinese counterparts.
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On 19 January 2013, it was reported that Gao journalist Kader Toure was killed after being suspected of working for foreign news services.
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Wang said that a document explaining in detail how Xinhua will supervise foreign news services will be released " during the next few days ."
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New government controls on foreign news services in China will include reading their articles to ensure they don't endanger national security, a Xinhua official said.
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China will begin to charge foreign news services a fee to sell their articles and financial information in the country, a government official said today.
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However, China is North Korea's biggest ally and Xinhua is one of the few foreign news services to maintain a bureau in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang.
