Yes, Donald Trump—to you and your fellow autocrats, China has the “friendliest” press corps in the world! The World Press Freedom Index ranks China 178th out of 180 countries, close to dead-last. The Communist Party of China controls all major media entities in China to assure total ideological alignment with the CCP. Trump oddly calls lots of people Communist, but he’s the one censoring the press, claiming large chunks of American companies, and constantly praising Xi, Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin, the former chief of the KGB. Is Trump a Communist?
AP: "Very briefly in front of news photographers, Trump noted that Xi has the friendliest press corps in the world. The U.S. president quipped that the Chinese press ask Xi for permission to speak. China is one of the most oppressive environments for journalists in the world."