The United States has condemned China for banning the broadcast of the BBC World News, saying China should allow the public full access to the internet and media.
The ban is the latest in a string of disputes between Beijing and overseas media, including the arrests of an Australian journalist and a news assistant for Bloomberg News in China, and the expulsion of journalists from several American outlets.
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