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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Kate Lamb

Chinese state media celebrates Trump’s cuts to Voice of America and Radio Free Asia

VOA headquarters
Chinese state media has welcomed the Trump administration's announcement that it would be shuttering VOA, Radio Free Europe and Radio Free Asia. Photograph: Andrew Leyden/ZUMA Press Wire/REX/Shutterstock

Chinese state media has reacted gleefully to the Trump administration’s decision to slash government funding to media organisations such as Radio Free Asia (RFA) and Voice of America (VOA).

The Global Times, a daily English-language tabloid and Chinese Communist party mouthpiece, celebrated the cuts to the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees broadcasters such as VOA and RFA.

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