Beijing Objects to US Sanctions on Five Chinese Firms Tied to Ex-Google Engineer
Photo: Washington TimesBeijing on Tuesday voiced strong objection to the Trump administration's sanctions on five Chinese companies connected to a former Google engineer who is accused of intellectual property theft. Beijing said the measure severely harms the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese businesses. The report was datelined Washington. The available excerpts do not say when the sanctions were announced, what they require, or whether China plans a response.
Left-leaning outlets tracked by Crosswire had not reported this story at the time of writing, while alternative/independent and right-leaning outlets had. The alternative/independent coverage, from AP, leads with Beijing's reaction and carries its argument that the sanctions harm Chinese businesses. The right-leaning Washington Times runs a nearly identical headline and opening sentence, also centered on Beijing's opposition and the engineer's alleged intellectual property theft. The two sides do not differ on the facts in these excerpts; both focus on China's response to the sanctions rather than on any dispute over them.
How the sides differ Left sources have not covered it; alternative and right sources both lead with Beijing's objection to the sanctions, using nearly identical wording and no differing claims.
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Not covering this story. None of the left-leaning outlets Crosswire tracks has reported it yet. What one side leaves out can be as telling as what the others report.
AP, datelined Washington, leads with Beijing's expression of opposition and its statement that the sanctions harm the rights and interests of Chinese businesses.
The Washington Times uses almost the same headline and opening as AP, centering Beijing's opposition and noting the former Google engineer is accused of intellectual property theft.