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The United Kingdom has fined China's state-run television channel CGTN 400,000 and revoked its license. The Chinese TV channel showed this in a program about British citizen Peter Humphrey in which he confessed his guilt and against this Peter had lodged a complaint against the TV with the British broadcaster Ofcom. The company had imposed a fine of 110,000 euros on the TV channel for violating the country's broadcasting laws.A Shanghai court has sentenced Peter Humphrey to more than two years in prison in a corruption case. The case involved a pharmaceutical company, GlaxoSmithKline, and a related program featured Peter confessing to his crimes. Peter, on the other hand, says the confession was made while in custody and that is why he was forced to file a complaint against the channel. Earlier last month, China banned BBC World News, a leading British broadcaster, saying it had committed serious violations of Chinese broadcasting rules and regulations. It should be noted that...