China expelled 3 Wall Street Journal reporters over a 'racist' coronavirus opinion article by lisettevoytko
to the mid 19th and early 20th centuries, in which the Ottoman Empire was called “the sick man of Europe.” During this time, China was colonized by Britain, Japan, Germany and France, and has referred to it as a “period of humiliation.” The
noted that China’s “Great Firewall” blocks the country’s citizens from accessing the WSJ, including the February 3 opinion article.Wednesday’s expulsions follow a period of tumult for China’s ruling Communist Party as it works to contain the, which has killed nearly 2,000 people and sickened over 73,000 worldwide. Citizens, angered by a perceived lack of transparency around the disease, have flooded the country’s social media platforms with posts and have overwhelmed government censors.
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