US ambassador accuses China of "harassment" with "propaganda announcements"

A week after a Chinese newspaper published an advertisement in the United States promoting the mutual benefits of trade, the US ambassador to China criticized Beijing for spreading propaganda.

Terry Branstad, US ambassador to China, said Beijing has hurt US workers, farmers and businesses.

In an opinion piece published Sunday in the newspaper Des Moines Register, Branstad wrote in China: "It is currently increasing pressure with respect to intimidation by broadcasting propaganda ads in our own free press" .

"By spreading its propaganda, the Chinese government is building on the beloved tradition of freedom of speech and the free press in America by placing a paid advertisement in the Des Moines register," wrote Branstad.

"On the other hand, in the newsstands in Beijing, you will find a limited number of dissenting voices and will not see any faithful reflection of the divergent opinions that the Chinese people might have on China's troubling economic trajectory, given that the media are under the thumb firm of the Chinese Communist Party, "he wrote.

Last week, President Trump accused China of trying to interfere in the mid-term legislative elections of Nov. 6, saying the country did not want the GOP to succeed because of its stance. lasts on the trade between the two superpowers.

Beijing and Washington are involved in a trade war that has seen every country push new tariffs on a wide range of products.

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At the UN Security Council meeting, Trump accused China of attempting to interfere in the upcoming mid-term elections.

Branstad also wrote that one of the major Chinese newspapers refused to publish his editorial.