# 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](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 Is the Real Sick Man of Asia

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