The Trump administration has revoked the visa of a Chinese national working for Beijing’s state-run news agency Xinhua in the United States.
The State Department told The Epoch Times in a statement on June 1 that the administration “has the strongest commitment to the freedom of expression.”
“We will continue to insist on a relationship with China based on fairness and reciprocity, putting the American people first. We cannot accept the continued lack of reciprocity for U.S. media in China, nor any attempts by the Chinese authorities to silence U.S. media.”
The move comes months after Beijing expelled a New York Times reporter. In a recent article discussing China’s expulsion of China correspondent Vivian Wang in February, The New York Times said it didn’t request any U.S. government retaliation, but it did issue a statement on Friday calling for Wang to be reinstated as a credentialed journalist in China and urging both governments to “reverse this deterioration in journalist access.”…
US Revokes Visa of Chinese Journalist
