BEIJING: China on Wednesday (Feb 19) ordered three reporters from American newspaper the Wall Street Journal to leave the country over what it deemed a racist headline, in one of the toughest moves against foreign media in years.
People walking pass by the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China. China on Wednesday said it has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for the US newspaper 'Wall Street Journal' over a headline for an opinion column deemed by the government to be racist and slanderous. - APWall Street Journal
Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said the Journal op-ed -- titled"China is the Real Sick Man of Asia" The Journal reported that deputy bureau chief Josh Chin and reporter Chao Deng, both US nationals, as well as reporter Philip Wen, an Australian, had been ordered to leave the country in five days.news section, which is separate from editorials and op-eds.
The new coronavirus epidemic has killed over 2,000 people in China and infected more than 74,000, and has spread to at least two dozen countries around the world. China's move to revoke the credentials of three WSJ journalists marks a drastic escalation in the country's tightening media landscape, which has seen the effective expulsion of multiple foreign reporters over the past five years.
Nine journalists have been either expelled or effectively expelled through non-renewal of visas since 2013, it added.
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