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US Newspapers Call on China to Reverse Expulsion of Journalists

Reuters

   BEIJING - Publishers of three U.S. newspapers urged China on Tuesday to
   reverse the expulsion of an about a dozen of their journalists, calling
   the move "uniquely damaging and reckless" at a time when the world is
   sharing the burden of fighting the coronavirus.

   China announced on March 18 it was revoking the press accreditations
   ofall Americanjournalists in the China bureaus of theNew York
   Times,Wall Street JournalandWashington Post,which were due to expire at
   the end of 2020.

   "We strongly urge the Chinese government to reverse its decision to
   force the Americans working for our news organizations to leave," the
   publishers said.

   "Perhaps more than any major news event in modern history, this moment
   underscores the urgent importance of both probing, accurate,
   on-the-ground reporting from the centers of the pandemic and of sharing
   the information."

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