China To Expel More US Journalists after US Curbs Its Media

In response to new US restrictions on Chinese media China has said it will revoke the credentials of journalists at three American newspapers.

Beijing is demanding that US journalists working for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post newspapers, whose credentials are due to expire before the end of 2020, hand back their press cards within 10 days, according to a statement.

It was not immediately clear how many journalists would be affected.

Beijing on Tuesday said those journalists will not be allowed to keep working in mainland China, Hong Kong or Macao.

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The move comes after the administration of President Donald Trump designated five Chinese media outlets as foreign missions and restricted the number of Chinese nationals that could work for them.

Beijing said the steps were necessary and reciprocal countermeasures in response to what it called unreasonable oppression of Chinese media in the United States.

“The US expulsion of Chinese journalists was an upgraded evidence of political oppression,” tweeted Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for China’s Foreign Ministry on Tuesday. “For too long, the Chinese journalists have been unfairly treated under the discriminatory policies of the US.”