[20210520]LSB10601_中美关系中的外交使团和媒体法.pdf

CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i The Law of Foreign Missions and Media in U.S.-China Relations May 20, 2021 The United States and Peoples Republic of China (PRC or China) compete in a variety of legal regimes, ranging from multilateral trade bodies, to human rights law, to international maritime law in the South China Sea. In some contexts, such as supply chain controls and export restrictions, the United States has leveraged legal frameworks in an effort to “decouple” its relations from problematic aspects of Chinas government and economy. In 2020, this strategic separation expanded along a new axis: restrictions on foreign media outlets and foreign missions in each others territory. According to the Foreign Correspondents Club of China, China revoked or limited more foreign journalists press credentials in 2020 than at any time since the aftermath of the 1989 Tiananmen Square events. Also in 2020, the United States capped the number of staff at some China-based media outlets operating in the United States by designating the outlets as “foreign missions” that are “substantially owned or effectively controlled” by the P