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China's foreign ministry described the expulsions as necessary and reciprocal countermeasures against U.S. restrictions on Chinese media.

Published 2026-09-22. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: China's foreign ministry described the expulsions as necessary and reciprocal countermeasures against U.S. restrictions on Chinese media.
Field: stated_justification
Value: China calls the expulsions reciprocal
About: incident 2020-china-expels-us-newspaper-journalists
Source: China expels journalists from New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post
Publisher: CNBC
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2020-03-17

Quotation from the source

entirely necessary and reciprocal countermeasures