China News Agency, New York, February 24. According to US media reports, 53 journalists and editors of the Wall Street Journal jointly sent a letter to the management of the newspaper, requesting that the title of the article "China be a true sick man in Asia" be amended, and the matter Apologies.

The Washington Post reported that these journalists and editors criticized in the letter that the newspaper's response to the title of "China is the Real Sick Man in Asia" was inappropriate. The letter urged newspaper management "to consider revising the title and apologize to readers, sources, colleagues and all offended people."

On February 3rd, the Wall Street Journal published a review article by Barter College professor Walter Russell Mead. A spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized the article for discrediting the Chinese government and the Chinese people's efforts to fight the epidemic. The headline added by the newspaper editor was racist. The spokesman also said that the "Wall Street Journal" 's negotiations with China have been "pushing and pretending".

The Washington Post said that the letter's "wrong choice" of the title of the article was "deeply offensive" not only to the Chinese, but also to many others. The letter said that "not intentionally offensive" was not convincing. Someone should know beforehand the wide range of offenses that can be caused. If this is not done, then this is a mistake and should be corrected and apologized.

The Washington Post said that a spokesman for the Wall Street Journal later stated that its position on the matter had not changed.

The New York Times reports that Jonathan Cheng, the head of the Wall Street Journal's China bureau, emailed Dow Jones CEO, the newspaper's publisher William Lewis, and Dow Jones' parent company, Robert Thomson, the chief executive of News Corp, sent the letter. The report said that Zheng Ziyang did not sign the letter, but he sent a separate letter to management saying that "proper handling of this matter is crucial to the Wall Street Journal's presence in China."

On February 19, a Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman announced that China has decided to revoke the press cards of the three Wall Street Journal correspondents in Beijing.

The New York Times believes that the letter exposes a long-standing relationship between the Journalist reporter and editor of the Wall Street Journal and the opinion reporter under Paul A. Gigot, a multi-year editorial editor. Tension. (Finish)