China Expels 3 ‘Wall Street Journal’ Reporters, Citing ‘Racist’ Headline

By Emily Feng

A masked paramilitary policeman stands guard alone at a deserted Tiananmen Gate in Beijing following the coronavirus outbreak. China on Wednesday said it has revoked the press credentials of three U.S. reporters over a headline for an opinion column it deems racist and slanderous.

The move comes a day after the U.S. State Department designated five Chinese state media outlets as foreign government missions, thus treating them as extensions of Beijing.

(Image credit: Andy Wong/AP)

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