China said Tuesday it will expel all American journalists working in the country for the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal whose credentials will expire in 2020.
The journalists will have to turn in their press credentials within 10 days, China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement. “They will not be allowed to continue working as journalists in the People’s Republic of China, including its Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions,” the statement read.
Previously, numerous reporters blacklisted from working in the mainland had been able to continue their coverage from afar in Hong Kong or Macau.
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