Because propaganda. How much coverage of US missions made it into Chinese media outlets? Significantly less than the coverage of US missions in US media outlet

Because propaganda. How much coverage of US missions made it into Chinese media outlets? Significantly less than the coverage of US missions in US media outlets. Why is that? Chinese propaganda. For the same reasons, the coverage of Chinese missions will be downplayed in US media. You can't downplay US missions and then ask why the US downplays yours. You already know why. Because of the propaganda war.