Bush had one prior interview with CCTV, in February 2002, according to the White House. A CCTV reporter paraphrased Bush calling China “a great country” and “a very intelligent, diligent nation with rich natural resources,” apparently with no criticism. During Bush’s visit to Beijing in 2005, China’s main national news broadcast made no mention of comments he made on religious freedom after a visit to a church, according to Western news reports.