China threatens retaliation over US 'bullying' of state media

Beijing blasts 'hypocrisy of the United States' to reduce number of China media workers. FMTNews China US PressFreedom WallStreetJournal

Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian blasts US decision to reduce number of China media workers in the US.

Foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian said China “strongly opposes and condemns” the US announcement, adding that it effectively means the expulsion of Chinese journalists. Saying China reserves the right to react and take further action, Zhao added: “It was the US who broke the rules of the game first, China can only follow suit.”China on February 19 ordered three reporters from The Wall Street Journal – two US nationals and an Australian – out of the country in its harshest move against international media in years.

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