Wall Street Journal Reporter Forced to Leave China(wsj.com)
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Wall Street Journal Reporter Forced to Leave China
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wall-street-journal-reporter-forced-to-leave-china-11567161852?mod=rsswn
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He'd have been charged with "inciting subversion of state power" if he holds Chinese passport.
The WSJ Chinese weibo account was banned last month, even though it basically only posts good news about China and bad news about America.
Also:
>The Chinese central government rejected Lam’s proposal to withdraw the extradition bill and ordered her not to yield to any of the protesters’ other demands at that time,
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-e...
The WSJ Chinese weibo account was banned last month, even though it basically only posts good news about China and bad news about America.
Also:
>The Chinese central government rejected Lam’s proposal to withdraw the extradition bill and ordered her not to yield to any of the protesters’ other demands at that time,
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-hongkong-protests-china-e...
Is Reuters a credible news source? I have seen many news from that site but don't have a good way to verify their reports...
Somewhat related (topically, not necessarily causally), I've seen a number of tweets about journalists being hassled entering the US. So far none have actually been barred as far as I'm aware, but it seems the "fake news media" rhetoric from the top has been seared into (some of) the rank-and-file.
One example: https://mobile.twitter.com/jamescdyer/status/116464700893166...
One example: https://mobile.twitter.com/jamescdyer/status/116464700893166...
The amount of censorship he applies to the New York Times is exactly 0.