Chinese authorities on Wednesday ordered US news outlets - Associated Press, United Press International, CBS and NPR - to disclose of financial operations in the country as the row over media rights escalated between the United States and China.

Now, China targets US media outlets to disclose finances, staff

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Monday said that the Trump administration has designated US operations of four major Chinese media outlets as "foreign missions" in a move that could further worsen diplomatic relations between the two countries.

Trump administration designates 4 more Chinese media outlets as 'foreign missions'

The bilateral relations between the United States and China seem to have taken a turn for the worse. Washington has designated five Chinese media houses as not practitioners of journalism but as 'Foreign Mission'.

Your Story: US designates Chinese media houses as state operatives

China hits back at US department