China boots Caixin financial news from approved media list

China has removed Caixin Media, one of the country’s most independent business news sites, from a list of news outlets whose content can be republished by other internet news providers

BEIJING -- China has removed Caixin Media, one of the country’s most independent business news sites, from a list of news outlets whose content can be republished by other internet news providers.

The move is in line with the ruling Communist Party’s efforts to tighten control over the flow of information.

Caixin is privately funded, unlike most state-run media.

The Cyberspace Administration of China dropped it from a list of more than 1,300 news outlets and government agencies whose content can be republished.