In a Strongman State, a Trump Order Extinguishes Flickers of Freedom NYT | Top Stories By: Hannah Beech and Sun Narin 7 April 2025 at 12:01 Cambodia’s authoritarian dynasty had silenced almost all of the country’s independent media. The remaining few are facing extinction because of an executive directive from President Trump. © Samrang Pring/ReutersUon Chhin, left, and Yeang Sothearin, former journalists with Radio Free Asia, arriving at a court in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in 2019.
Trump Could Hand China a ‘Strategic Victory’ by Silencing Voice of America NYT | China By: Li Yuan 28 March 2025 at 12:00 Generations of Chinese, including our columnist, turned to U.S. government-run outlets for an education in democracy, rights and the English language.
Voice of America Director Sues Trump Officials Over Shutdown NYT | China By: Danielle Kaye 27 March 2025 at 01:02 The lawsuit by the director and journalists is the latest legal challenge to the administration’s bid to dismantle the government-funded broadcaster.
The Voice of America Falls Silent NYT | Opinion By: Serge Schmemann 24 March 2025 at 17:02 American soft power will suffer with the Trump administration’s decision to silence Voice of America and Radio Free Europe-Radio Liberty.
How Elon Musk’s DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill NYT | China By: David E. Sanger 23 March 2025 at 04:51 The Department of Government Efficiency is shuttering organizations that Beijing worried about most, or actively sought to subvert.
Chinese Nationalists Praise Trump’s Cuts to Voice of America NYT | China By: Tiffany May 18 March 2025 at 15:55 Beijing has long criticized the outlet, as well as Radio Free Asia, for highlighting human rights abuses in China.