China Expels U.S. Journalists From Wall Street Journal, New York Times And Washington Post

CNBC: China expels journalists from New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post

* China said Tuesday that it will expel American journalists working in the country for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post whose press credentials are due to expire in 2020.
* The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that U.S. reporters for those publications must return their press cards within 10 days.
* The move continues a tit-for-tat battle between Washington and Beijing that began in February after the Journal ran an opinion article with the headline, “China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia.”

China said Tuesday that it will expel American journalists working in the country for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post whose press credentials are due to expire in 2020.

The country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement that U.S. reporters for those publications must return their press cards within 10 days.

“They will not be allowed to continue working as journalists in the People’s Republic of China, including its Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions,” the statement said.

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WNU Editor: The current Chinese narrative is that the U.S. is to blame for the Covid-19 Coronavirus pandemic .... China Accuses The U.S. For Starting The Covid-19 Coronavirus Pandemic (March 12, 2020). Beijing does not want reporters in their country offering a different narrative. The Chinese government is also responding to recent U.S. moves to limit the activity of Chinese state reporters in the U.S. after China revoked the press credentials of three Beijing-based Wall Street Journal news reporters over an opinion piece which referred to the most populous country in the world as "the real sick man of Asia" in a headline.

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