“The US has been escalating its actions against Chinese journalists,” Wang told reporters. Wang did not say how many Chinese journalists were affected or what retaliation China might consider, but the editor of China’s Global Times newspaper said earlier US journalists based in Hong Kong would be among those targeted should Chinese journalists be forced to leave the United States. “Chinese side has prepared for the worst scenario that all Chinese journalists have to leave,” Hu said on Twitter. The United States in March slashed the number of Chinese nationals allowed to work at the US offices of major Chinese state-owned media to 100 from 160. China expelled US journalists working for three US newspapers - New York Times, Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post - this year and has threatened to match any more US action against Chinese journalists.

Source: bd News24 August 04, 2020 09:00 UTC