Two Chinese-Australian news outlets say there has been an increase in businesses withdrawing advertisements from their papers due to pressure from the Chinese government.

The Vision China Times and The Epoch Times said months-long protests in Hong Kong have made companies with business in China either susceptible to direct influence from Chinese Communist Party authorities, or more wary of advertising in the independent papers due to fear of retaliation.

The Chinese government has been accused of applying pressure on businesses advertising with independent Chinese-Australian news outlets. Credit:AP

Vision China Times general manager Maree Ma said two businesses in recent months withdrew advertisements after they were approached by Chinese government authorities who asked that they do so.

It comes a month after the paper experienced a sudden drop in website traffic coming from mainland China alongside what Ms Ma suspected was an influx of Chinese troll comments.