China’s internet watchdog has published a new list of government-approved news outlets, giving the nation’s internet platforms an exhaustive directory of sources they are allowed to republish, a move that comes as Beijing seeks to increase its control of online content. Online news providers must stick to officially sanctioned sources or be “punished according to laws and regulations”, the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said in a statement published on Wednesday. Now consisting of 1,358 sources, the updated list is nearly four times longer than the previous version, published in 2016, according to the CAC. Approved media outlets are those…