China says it will revoke credentials of Americans at three U.S. newspapers
“I regret China’s decision today to further foreclose the world’s ability to conduct the free press operations that, frankly, would be really good for the Chinese people in these incredibly challenging global times, where more information, more transparency, are what will save lives,” he said.China has expelled — or denied work credentials to — at least six U.S.
were propaganda tools of the Chinese Communist Party. A day later, China expelled three Wall Street Journal reporters, for what authorities there claimed was a derogatory headline in the paper’s opinion section.In early March, the U.S. capped the number of Chinese nationals who can work at the five media organizations, in effect expelling nearly 40% of their staff, reducing the total from 160 to 100 people.
The Chinese ambassador to Washington was also summoned to the State Department on Friday to receive a “stern representation.” China initially tried to silence its own doctors and others who were sounding the alarm, then later imposed draconian containment measures that Beijing says have slowed the spread of the disease.
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