Washington: Countermeasures taken against United States media outlets are legitimate and justified self-defense that Beijing is compelled to take in response to Washington’s unreasonable oppression of Chinese media organizations, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said. “They are entirely necessary and reciprocal. We urge the US side to immediately correct its mistakes. Otherwise, it will be the US side who suffers greater loss,” he said, adding that China has all the options on the table. In countermeasures announced by the ministry early on Wednesday, it demanded that US journalists working with The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post whose press credentials are due to expire before the end of 2020 notify the ministry’s information department within four days and hand back their press cards within 10 days.
It also demanded the branches in China of the three newspapers as well as the Voice of America and Time magazine provide information about their staff, finances, operations and real estate in China.
The Daily Mail-China Daily News exchange item
