China strongly resists U.S.-based reporter number limit policy Call for withdrawal March 3 20:28
Regarding the announcement that the US government will limit the number of reporters etc. of Chinese government media stationed in the United States, the Chinese government strongly opposed, saying `` it will have a serious adverse effect on bilateral relations '', and demanded that the policy be retracted Was.
The U.S. State Department announced on February 2 that the number of Chinese reporters working in government media such as the state-owned Xinhua News Agency will be reduced from 160 to 100 people today. This is to inform the reporters of foreign countries about their strict surveillance and harassment. "
Chinese Foreign Affairs spokesman Zhao Lijun strongly opposed in a press conference yesterday, saying, "The United States strongly opposes and condemns the Chinese media against the Cold War thinking and political prejudice." .
He added that "this policy will have a serious adverse effect on our bilateral relations," and said, "We call on the United States to make immediate errors. The Chinese side reserves the right to take reasonable steps." Called for withdrawing the policy.
In the U.S.-China, the Chinese government last month disputed the two sides over the media, including the report on the Wall Street Journal, a leading newspaper in the U.S. about the new coronavirus, and revoked three correspondents in Beijing. Is getting more intense.