BEIJING, Feb 20 — China warned today that it might take more action against the Wall Street Journal, a day after revoking the press credentials of three of the US newspaper’s correspondents over a column that China said was racist. The warning came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo...
Thursday, 20 Feb 2020 04:36 PM MYT
The warning came after US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo condemned the decision to expel the journalists and defended freedom of speech. China yesterday revoked the press credentials of the newspaper’s Beijing deputy bureau chief, Josh Chin, and reporters Chao Deng and Philip Wen, also based in Beijing, ordering them to leave the country in five days.
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