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US Ambassador Article ‘Full of Holes’: People’s Daily

CHINA PRESS

The official People's Daily refused to publish an article by U.S. Ambassador Terry Branstad submitted on Aug. 26 because it was "full of holes" and contained untrue statements, and because the author would not allow the content to be edited, the Communist Party newspaper said in a statement on government portal China.com.cn. The U.S. cannot call Chinese media "propaganda machines" while expecting their views to be published, the Daily said. The U.S. is being driven by a Cold War mentality and this ideology has restricted Chinese media operations in America, the People's Daily said.

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