UN Blocks Largest Independent Chinese News Network in US from Covering General Assembly

Lixin Yang, reporting from the European Union headquarters in Brussels, Belgium. Yang has been blocked from covering the United Nations General Assembly, possibly due to interference from the Chinese regime, says his employer, NTD Television. Screenshot via NTD

The largest Chinese news network operating in the United States—and the only global media company producing Chinese-language content independent of the Chinese regime—is being blocked from covering the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York.

NTD Television reporter Lixin Yang applied for accreditation Sept. 1, expecting to hear back about his application within 48 hours, the timeframe described on the U.N. website, according to an NTD release.