# Claim 497

Geng Shuang called the opinion headline racist and used it as the basis for the expulsion order.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

- Statement: Geng Shuang called the opinion headline racist and used it as the basis for the expulsion order.
- Field: stated_justification
- Value: headline called racist
- About: [incident 2020-china-expels-three-wsj-journalists-headline](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2020-china-expels-three-wsj-journalists-headline)
- Source: China expels 3 Wall Street Journal journalists over opinion headline. https://cpj.org/2020/02/china-expels-3-wall-street-journal-journalists-ove/
- Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
- Method: outlet report
- Checked: 2026-09-22
- Confidence: medium
- Status: current
- Source date: 2020-02-19

## Quotation from the source

> China's expulsion of three accredited correspondents in reaction to what it sees as an offensive headline makes the country appear less like a confident rising power than a thin-skinned bully

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