The Chinese government has blocked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s recent speech on the economic relationship between the U.S. and China from being viewed inside the country by disabling links to websites that show her address, a U.S. official told Fox News Digital.
Yellen spoke at Johns Hopkins University on the bilateral relationship on April 20.
“The United States proceeds with confidence in its long-term economic strength,” Yellen said in her speech.
“We remain the largest and most dynamic economy in the world. We also remain firm in our conviction to defend our values and national security.”
“Within that context, we seek a constructive and fair economic relationship with China,” she added.
A U.S. official told Fox News Digital on Friday that WeChat, the Chinese instant messaging and social media app, disabled the sharing option for posts made by the U.S. Embassy in China related to Yellen’s speech.
The official said the U.S. embassy in China had posted a version of Yellen’s speech on its website, translated from English to Chinese. WeChat blocked the opening of the embassy’s website and the Treasury Department’s websites within the app, according to the official.
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