Hear no evil

18 March 2020 By Pete Sweeney Follow @petesweeneypro

Beijing is expelling American reporters from major newspapers in retaliation for U.S. actions. The move could repel foreign investors, already inclined to discount chirpy, censored local financial reporting. And it aggravates the fake news bubble enveloping President Xi.

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The Chinese government said on March 18 that it would ask American journalists working at the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Washington Post, with credentials expiring this year, to hand back their press cards within 10 days. It added that they would not be permitted to work in Hong Kong or Macau either.

The stated reason for the expulsions is retaliation for U.S. restrictions on Chinese state media employees. On March 2 the U.S. State Department announced it was cutting the number of Chinese nationals permitted to work at U.S. offices of major Chinese state-owned media outlets to 100 from 160.

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