[LI] The Communist Chinese government expelled journalists from The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, and The Washington Post on Tuesday to tighten its grip on the coronavirus story.
The Communists blamed the U.S. for the decision while threatening to throw out more journalists.
The journalists from the media outlets have ten days to turn in their credentials:
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday it was demanding all U.S. nationals working for The Wall Street Journal, the New York Times and the Washington Post whose credentials expire by the end of the year turn those credentials in within 10 days.
The measure would affect most of the U.S. journalists working at those newspapers in China, which issues press credentials for up to 12 months and has recently limited them to six and, in some cases, as little as one month.
The affected reporters won’t be allowed to report anywhere in China, including the semiautonomous territories of Hong Kong and Macau, the statement said.
It also ordered the three newspapers and two other media outlets‐Voice of America and Time magazine‐to submit information about staff, finances, operations and real estate in China.
Of course, China blamed America because "the Trump administration announced a personnel cap on four state-run Chinese media outlets‐Xinhua News Agency, China Radio International, China Global Television Network and China Daily‐forcing them to reduce their Chinese employees in the U.S. to 100 in total, from 160." |