China expels Wall Street Journal reporters over racist and unreasonable headline

People walking pass by the Chinese Foreign Ministry in Beijing, China. China on Wednesday (Feb 19) said it has revoked the press credentials of three reporters for the US newspaper 'Wall Street Journal' over a headline for an opinion column deemed by the government to be racist and slanderous. - AP

BEIJING: China on Wednesday (Feb 19) ordered three reporters from American newspaper the Wall Street Journal to leave the country over what it deemed a racist headline, in one of the toughest moves against foreign media in years.

The expulsion came as Beijing also slammed Washington's decision to tighten rules on Chinese state media organisations in the United States, calling the move "unreasonable and unacceptable."