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The US health secretary briefs press reporters on Covid-19, which originated in China.
Five Chinese state outlets will be required to reduce their United States staff by 40%.
The United States state department said it was hearing of increasing harassment and security of American and other foreign reporters in China.
People’s Daily will not have to shrink its US personnel, due to the fact that none of its employees are Chinese nationals.
Reporters in the cross-fire
Zhaoyin Feng, BBC Chinese in Washington
This is an unprecedented move by the US federal government, which is presently not placing caps on US-based journalists from any other nations.
The five impacted Chinese state media are the crown jewels of China’s propaganda media operation. Xinhua and Individuals’s Daily have