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>China expels US journalists from NY Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post
>Breitbart unaffected
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/488040-china-expels-us-journalists-from-ny-times-wall-street-journal-washington-post
China announced Tuesday it is expelling U.S. journalists from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, the latest move in escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing over media coverage.
China also demanded that the three U.S. outlets, along with Time magazine and Voice of America, provide detailed information about their respective operations.
A spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the steps are "entirely necessary" and called them "reciprocal countermeasures that China is compelled to take in response to the unreasonable oppression the Chinese media organizations experience in the U.S."
"They are legitimate and justified self-defense in every sense. What the U.S. has done is exclusively targeting Chinese media organizations, and hence driven by a Cold War mentality and ideological bias," the spokesman added.
China also ordered all U.S. journalists “whose press credentials are due to expire before the end of 2020” to “notify the Department of Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within four calendar days starting from today and hand back their press cards within ten calendar days.”
>Breitbart unaffected
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/488040-china-expels-us-journalists-from-ny-times-wall-street-journal-washington-post
China announced Tuesday it is expelling U.S. journalists from The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post, the latest move in escalating tensions between Washington and Beijing over media coverage.
China also demanded that the three U.S. outlets, along with Time magazine and Voice of America, provide detailed information about their respective operations.
A spokesman for China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said the steps are "entirely necessary" and called them "reciprocal countermeasures that China is compelled to take in response to the unreasonable oppression the Chinese media organizations experience in the U.S."
"They are legitimate and justified self-defense in every sense. What the U.S. has done is exclusively targeting Chinese media organizations, and hence driven by a Cold War mentality and ideological bias," the spokesman added.
China also ordered all U.S. journalists “whose press credentials are due to expire before the end of 2020” to “notify the Department of Information of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs within four calendar days starting from today and hand back their press cards within ten calendar days.”
