EXCLUSIVE: A British lawmaker and member of the Inter-Parliamentary Alliance on China has urged the BBC to rethink its commercial decision to produce ads for organs of Chinese state media.
Lord David Alton has written to Tim Davie, the director-general of the BBC, demanding that he review the activity of commercial unit BBC StoryWorks after Deadline exposed its links to China.
In an investigation published on Wednesday, we revealed that StoryWorks has partnered with at least 18 Chinese clients, including nine state-affiliated bodies, despite protests from the BBC’s own journalists.
StoryWorks produced a glossy ad campaign for China Global Television Network after it was banned from broadcasting in the UK.
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