The Chinese  government issued new rules on May 2, 2017, further tightening controls over the already heavily censored online news services. The new regulations, which go into effect June 1, require the top editor of domestic online news services be a Chinese citizen and that any cooperation with a foreign entity be submitted to a security review by regulators. The rules are directed at services based in China and don’t appear to affect foreign news organizations with headquarters outside the country. The regulations said on-line news sites should “promote the formation of a positive, healthy, upright and virtuous internet culture, and protect the national and public interest.” The rules apply to news websites, blogs, live-streaming video sites, mobile messaging services and other platforms that produce news related to politics, the economy, the military, foreign affairs and other topics of public interest.