In May of last year Beijing's State Council News Office convened the first national news workers seminar. According to Hong Kong's Cheng Ming magazine, during the seminar they singled out and strongly criticized both the BBC and the American wire services.
根據香港「爭鳴」雜誌指出，中共國務院新聞辦公室在去年五月召開一次全國新聞工作者座談會，會中即點名英國的 BBC、美國通訊社，並予強烈批評。