China, along with other communist states such as Vietnam and North Korea, ranks at the bottom of the World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders on May 3, which is World Press Freedom Day. China fell to 179th place out of 180 countries, just above North Korea and below Vietnam. Hong Kong, which is controlled by communist China, ranks 140th, with a “difficult” press freedom situation. The index measures five categories, including political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context, and safety. The People’s Republic of China is described as “the world’s biggest jailer of journalists and press freedom advocates, and one of the biggest exporters of propaganda content.” The report also highlights that Communist China, along with its neighbours North Korea, Vietnam, and Burma, known as Myanmar, are “the ones that constrict journalism the most, with leaders tightening their totalitarian stranglehold on the public discourse.” Even former editor-in-chief of the regime’s mouthpiece media “Global Times” and the CCP’s top propagandist, Hu Xijin, criticised the regime for its censorship and control over the news process in response to the RSF ranking.