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China to Revoke Credentials of 3 Major US News Companies

VOA News

   China said Tuesday it will invalidate the credentials three major news
   organizations in response to new restrictions the U.S. placed on
   Chinese media companies.

   China's foreign ministry said in a news release that American
   journalists employed by the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and
   the Washington Postwhose press credentials are set expire at year's end
   must turn in their press credentials within 10 days.

   "They will not be allowed to continue working as journalistsin the
   People's Republic of China, including its Hong Kong and Macao Special
   Administrative Regions," the foreign ministry said.

   The ministry maintained the revocations were a necessary response to
   what it said wastheabuse of Chinese media without cause.

   China also said the China-based operations of five U.S. media companies
   must submit written information about their staffing, finances and real
   estate in China. Theoutlets that have been ordered to comply with the
   order arethe Voice of America, the Washington Post, the New York Times,
   and Time.

   China's moves come in response to theTrump administration'srecent
   classification of fiveChinese media organizations as foreign missions
   and placed limits on the number of Chinese citizens who could work for
   them.

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