RFA President: RFA’s cancellation a boon to the Chinese
Communist Party
2025.03.15
WASHINGTON -Radio Free Asia(RFA) was informed today by the U.S.
Agency for Global Media (USAGM) that its federal grant agreement,
which makes possible RFA’s operations in Asia and globally, has
been terminated. RFA’s President and CEO Bay Fang issued the
following statement:
The termination of RFA’s grant is a reward to dictators and
despots, including the Chinese Communist Party, who would like
nothing better than to have their influence go unchecked in the
information space. RFA has been foundational in helping U.S.
policymakers understand the reality of what’s happening in China
and other closed countries, bringing transparency and
accountability where there is none. RFA’s breakthrough reporting in
Xinjiang led the first Trump Administration to make its declaration
of genocide against the Chinese government.
Today’s notice not only disenfranchises the nearly 60 million
people who turn to RFA’s reporting on a weekly basis to learn the
truth, but it also benefits America’s adversaries at our own
expense. We plan to challenge this short-sighted order and pursue
whatever means necessary to continue our work and protect our
courageous journalists.