Claim 563

The triggering opinion column ran under the headline about the coronavirus outbreak's economic effects, written by an outside scholar rather than any of the three expelled correspondents.

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

Statement: The triggering opinion column ran under the headline about the coronavirus outbreak's economic effects, written by an outside scholar rather than any of the three expelled correspondents.
Field: scope_of_action
Value: opinion column, February 3, 2020
About: incident 2020-china-expels-three-wsj-journalists-headline
Source: China expels 3 Wall Street Journal journalists over opinion headline
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 Is the Real Sick Man of Asia