Treating the Press as Props for Puppet Show About US–China Relations

Director of the Office of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi (C) reads from a script in answer to a question at the U.S.-China Diplomatic Security Dialogue in Washington on Nov. 9, 2018. Jennifer Zeng/The Epoch Times

Commentary

WASHINGTON—Hundreds of journalists pressed forward to get into the Department of State to cover the U.S.–China Diplomatic and Security Dialogue. After some hustle, we were squeezed into a big hall.