Chinese government U.S. leading newspaper reporter denies activity Retaliation measures March 18 4:53
In response to the U.S. government's policy of limiting the number of Chinese government-affiliated media reporters operating in the country, the Chinese government has retaliated against some U.S. leading newspaper reporters in the future. We announced that we did not approve of activity as reporter.
In February, the U.S. State Department stated in a statement that five Chinese media outlets, including Xinhua News Agency, which are state-owned by China, are under the control of the Chinese government and are obliged to report personal information and assets of reporters operating in the United States.
In addition, this month, it revealed that the number of Chinese reporters working in government media such as Xinhua News Agency in the United States will be limited from 160 to 100 people at present, and senior officials of the State Department said that the Chinese government's unfair response to foreign reporters For the reason.
Under these circumstances, China's Foreign Ministry said in a retaliation on the 18th that American reporters in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post, whose reporters expire by the end of the year, will be within 10 days. He has called for the return of his reporter's card, and has announced that he will not allow reporters in China or Hong Kong in the future.
He further stated that five US media companies operating in China, such as "Voice of America" and "The New York Times," are required to report their personal information and assets.
According to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, "The United States and China over the media response have been intensifying as the Chinese media have been forced to exert unreasonable pressure and take equal retaliation measures."
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U.S. Secretary of State Pompeio regretted in a press conference on Wednesday that China's retaliation measures would further preclude freedom of the press in China. "In a world where information and transparency save lives, freedom of the press is good for the Chinese people," he called on the Chinese government to reconsider.
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The Chinese government has strongly opposed the use of the phrase "Chinese virus" on Twitter, saying, "We will resolutely oppose it by stigmatizing China."
At a press conference on Tuesday, President Trump said, "I need to call where it happened, and I think it's a very accurate term because it actually happened in China."
And last week, a spokesman for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs posted on Twitter that the virus might have been brought into China by the U.S. military, and said, "China reported false information that our army had brought the virus. And blamed China.
When asked by reporters that "these expressions have been criticized for producing prejudice," Trump said, "I don't think so. It would be more prejudiced to say that the U.S. military brought in the virus." Emphasized that there was a problem with that statement.