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China Vows to Retaliate Against US Over Limits on Chinese State Media
Personnel

Nike Ching

   WASHINGTON - China is threatening to retaliate against the United
   States over its decision to limit the number of state media personnel
   allowed to work in the U.S.

   U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Monday a cap on citizens
   from five Chinese state-owned outlets -- Xinhua News Agency, China
   Global Television Network (CGTV), China Radio International, China
   Daily Distribution Corp., and Hai Tian Development USA, Inc. The
   reductions, which take effect March 13, will limit the number of
   Chinese nationals working at these outlets from 160 to 100.

   Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian told reporters in
   Beijing Tuesday that the government strongly opposes the Trump
   administration's decision. Zhao says the move effectively expels the
   journalists, and warned that China "reserves the right" to respond and
   take further measures.

   Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry, issued a far more
   ominous warning on her Twitter feed, saying "Now the US kicked off the
   game, let's play."

     Reciprocity? 29 US media agencies in China VS 9 Chinese ones in the
     US. Multiple-entry to China VS Single-entry to the US. 21 Chinese
     journalists denied visas since last year. Now the US kicked off the
     game, let's play.
     -- Hua Chunying åæ¥è¹ (@SpokespersonCHN) [1]March 3, 2020

   Chinese citizens working for other media organizations in the U.S. are
   not affected by the cap.

   The five entities are determined by the U.S. as "explicit propaganda
   organs of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)" and had been previously
   designated by the State Department as foreign missions of the Chinese
   government.

References

   1. https://twitter.com/SpokespersonCHN/status/1234734030907555840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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