BBC getting it from all sides these days. The left don't like them because they are seen as too soft on the Government, the right don't like them as they are seen as too PC/Woke and weren't sufficiently pro-Brexit.
CNN: https://en.greatfire.org/https/www.cnn.com
Die Zeit: https://en.greatfire.org/https/www.zeit.de
Le Figaro: https://en.greatfire.org/https/www.lefigaro.fr
All currently accessible.
So I think you are being overconfident in your assessment of the situation for foreign media outlets in China. Some are blocked, some are not.
I also disagree with your suggestion that Chinese media shouldn't expect the same freedoms as everyone else just because China doesn't guarantee freedom of the press. There's no reason to copy them in that regard.