Research finds lack of transparency among Chinese officials, companies in Guyana

Sarah Cook

Chinese Communist Party media controls are increasingly constraining news outlets based outside China, according to a report by Freedom House, which notes a culture of secrecy and lack of transparency by Chinese officials, companies, and local regulators in countries like Guyana.

“The dynamics are subtle, but the reality is that the ‘China Factor’ exists in newsrooms around the world, be they internationally renowned outlets such as the New York Times and Bloomberg, a local newspaper in Nepal, or a Chinese radio station in Los Angeles,” said Freedom House research analyst Sarah Cook, who authored the report, ‘The Long Shadow of Chinese Censorship: How Chinese Media Restrictions Affect News Outlets