China is revoking the press credentials
of the three Wall Street Journal
reporters and telling them to pack their
bags after the paper published a
controversial op-ed for more on this and
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Tong man tell us more yes I mean it's
highly unusual for China to officially
kick out international journalists
however China says it is revoking the
press cards of three Wall Street Journal
reporters Beijing's foreign ministry
spokesman Gong Schramm told reporters
Wednesday that the revocation was due to
an opinion piece in The Wall Street
Journal titled China is the real sickman
of Asia it's a piece by US academic
Walter Russell meet and it's critical at
the Chinese government for its handling
of the kovat 19 outbreak the spokesman
said the editors used a racially
discriminatory titles and a triggered
indignation among the Chinese people
those expelled are deputy bureau chief
josh chin and reporter chow down both US
Nationals and phillyd when and
Australian national they have been
ordered to leave China within five days
before in Correspondence Club of China
says it is the largest single expulsion
of foreign correspondents from China in
more than 30 years and the first
outright expulsion since 1998 US
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo denounced
Beijing smooth urging the need for
freedom of the press he said the correct
response for a mature responsible
countries is to present counter
arguments not restrict speech in fact
the Chinese move is seen as retaliate
retaliation against the United States US
officials announced you say that they
would treat five major Chinese state-run
media companies as extensions of the
Chinese government
they are Xinhua CGT and China radio
international China daily and people's
daily those outlets will now have to get
US government approval to buy or lease
offices in the US they will also have to
register personnel lists with the State
Department
