# China expels two American journalists

UPI Archives, 1989-06-14

- Address: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1989/06/14/China-expels-two-American-journalists/6046143021168/
- Kind: reporting
- Last checked: 2026-09-23
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## Cited by

- [China expels foreign journalists and restricts coverage of the Tiananmen Square protests](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1989-china-tiananmen-foreign-journalists-expelled)
- [Claim 195: Associated Press correspondent John Pomfret and Voice of America correspondent Alan Pessin were both ordered to leave China within 72 hours on June 14, 1989.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/195)
- [Claim 196: Authorities accused Pessin of writing stories to distort facts, spread rumor and incite and stir up turmoil and what the government called counter-revolutionary rebellion.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/196)
- [Claim 197: Martial law was declared on May 20, 1989, and the government imposed rigid restrictions on news coverage of the pro-democracy demonstrations that followed.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/197)

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