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Three WSJ journalists asked to leave China

19.02.2020

Date:
19.02.2020
Number of cases:
3
Regions/Countries:
China
Alert types:
Restrictions on access to information: Press passes / accreditation revoked or denied

According to reports, the expulsion is a response to an opinion piece published by the Journal on February 3. The article, which was entitled “China is the real sick man of Asia” and written by an American professor, criticized China’s response to the deadly coronavirus outbreak

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