China announced the expulsion of American journalists working for three US media outlets, in retaliation to Washington’s controls on Chinese journalists.
The country’s foreign ministry said in a statement that journalists at the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post whose press credentials expire in 2020 will have 10 days to surrender their press cards, and will no longer be allowed to work in mainland China, Hong Kong or Macau.
The outlets will also have to declare information about their “staff, finance, operation and real estate” in China.
The ministry added that the move was a response to Washington’s actions. Last month, the US designated five Chinese state media organizations as foreign missions, amid propaganda concerns.
The outlets classified as foreign missions are the Xinhua news agency, the China Global Television Network, China Radio International, the distributors of the official People’s Daily and English-language China Daily.
They now need to seek approval to buy any property, and are required to submit lists of all employees. From last Friday, the outlets would also be allowed to employ a maximum of 100 Chinese nationals, down from 160.
Last month, China’s government revoked the press credentials of three Wall Street Journal reporters, after it said the Journal refused to apologize for a “racially discriminatory” op-ed that questioned China’s handling of the coronavirus outbreak.
China bans all Americans working for The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Voice of America, and Time
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A view of the New York Times building in New York, New York, USA, on 08 December 2008. The New York Times reports on 30 January 2013, that hackers with likely ties to the Chinese military have allegedly infiltrated several of its computers over the last four month, possibly in connection with a series of stories it ran on outgoing Chinese prime minister Wen Jiabao.
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