Two Wall Street Journal reporters left China on Monday after being expelled over a controversial headline in an op-ed that angered Beijing. Three reporters were ordered out of the country last week over what Beijing deemed a racist headline that the journalists were not involved in writing -- marking
Beijing - Two Wall Street Journal reporters left China on Monday after being expelled over a controversial headline in an op-ed that angered Beijing.
The Journal opinion piece -- headlined"China is the Real Sick Man of Asia" -- was written by a US professor who criticised the Chinese government's initial response to the coronavirus outbreak. The three journalists work for The Wall Street Journal's news section, which is not linked to the editorial and opinion pages.
Deng, the third journalist affected, had been reporting from Wuhan -- the epicentre of the virus outbreak which has killed more than 2,500 people.The newspaper's publisher said the outlet was"deeply disappointed" with China's decision and that none of the journalists being expelled had"any involvement" with the opinion piece in question.
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