EU calls on China to reverse ban on BBC World News channel: AP News

[February 13, 2021]    (Reuters) - The European Union called on China to reverse its ban on the BBC World News television, the Associated Press reported  on Saturday.

A placard with the BBC logo is seen outside their bureau in Beijing, China February 12, 2021. REUTERS/Carlos Garcia Rawlins

China barred Britain's BBC World News from its television networks on Friday and Hong Kong's public broadcaster said it would stop relaying BBC World Service radio, a week after Britain revoked Chinese state television's broadcast licence.

(Reporting by Aakriti Bhalla in Bengaluru; Editing by Gareth Jones)

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