# Claim 479

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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-china-expels-us-newspaper-journalists)
- Source: China expels journalists from New York Times, Wall Street Journal and Washington Post. https://www.cnbc.com/2020/03/17/china-expels-more-us-journalists-amid-tit-for-tat-battle.html
- 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

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