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Trump administration to cut number of employees at Chinese media outlets in U.S.
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS MARCH 2, 2020 / 1:05 PM / UPDATED 44 MINUTES AGO
Trump administration to cut number of employees at Chinese media outlets in U.S.
Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Holland
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday said it was slashing the number of Chinese nationals permitted to work at the U.S. offices of major Chinese state-owned media outlets to retaliate against Beijing’s “long-standing intimidation and harassment of journalists.”
Citing a “deepening crackdown” on all forms of independent reporting inside China, administration officials said Beijing’s attacks on free speech were worse than they were a decade ago, comparing them to those of the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.
Effective March 13, Washington will cap the number of U.S.-based employees of Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network, China Radio International and China Daily Distribution Corp at 100 from 160 currently. Beijing’s U.N. ambassador said the move was not “appropriate”.
China last month revoked the visas of three Wall Street Journal reporters in Beijing after the newspaper declined to apologize for a column with a headline calling China the “Real Sick Man of Asia”. Another reporter with the paper had to leave last year after China declined to renew his visa.
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Trump administration to cut number of employees at Chinese media outlets in U.S.
Humeyra Pamuk, Steve Holland
4 MIN READ
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Monday said it was slashing the number of Chinese nationals permitted to work at the U.S. offices of major Chinese state-owned media outlets to retaliate against Beijing’s “long-standing intimidation and harassment of journalists.”
Citing a “deepening crackdown” on all forms of independent reporting inside China, administration officials said Beijing’s attacks on free speech were worse than they were a decade ago, comparing them to those of the Soviet Union at the height of the Cold War.
Effective March 13, Washington will cap the number of U.S.-based employees of Xinhua News Agency, China Global Television Network, China Radio International and China Daily Distribution Corp at 100 from 160 currently. Beijing’s U.N. ambassador said the move was not “appropriate”.
China last month revoked the visas of three Wall Street Journal reporters in Beijing after the newspaper declined to apologize for a column with a headline calling China the “Real Sick Man of Asia”. Another reporter with the paper had to leave last year after China declined to renew his visa.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-china-media-state/trump-administration-to-cut-number-of-employees-at-chinese-media-outlets-in-u-s-idUSKBN20P2PR
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