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Devil Child

(2,728 posts) Thu Feb 20, 2020, 02:20 PM Feb 2020

China expels foreign journalists as coronavirus deaths climb

Source: Al Jazeera

China has ordered the expulsion of three Wall Street Journal reporters as criticism mounts over the country's handling of the coronavirus outbreak, which has so far killed more than 2,000 people and infected close to 75,000 others.

The order, which escalates Beijing's fraught relations with foreign media, came late on Wednesday after the Ministry of Foreign Affairs accused the publication of racism for publishing an opinion piece with the headline, China is the Real Sick Man of Asia.

"The Chinese people do not welcome media that publish racist statements and smear China with malicious attacks," Geng Shuang, the foreign ministry spokesman, said at a press conference.

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In a statement, the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China said the decision was an "extreme and obvious attempt by the Chinese authorities to intimidate foreign news organisations by taking retribution against their China-based correspondents".

Read more: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/china-expels-foreign-journalists-coronavirus-deaths-climb-200220003102995.html

China continues the crackdown on free-flow of information regarding the outbreak and freedom of speech in general.

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China expels foreign journalists as coronavirus deaths climb (Original Post) Devil Child Feb 2020 OP

Yeah. Pompeo tweeted about it and caught some serious flack Leghorn21 Feb 2020 #1

Ok, what is . . . Iliyah Feb 2020 #2

Not exactly true... defacto7 Feb 2020 #3

I suspect though that the death rate for it will probably level off and begin to drop as doctors cstanleytech Feb 2020 #5

I agree. defacto7 Feb 2020 #6

K&R !!!!!! CountAllVotes Feb 2020 #4

That racist headline was not helpful. Not surprising from the WSJ, though. Coventina Feb 2020 #7

Leghorn21

(13,526 posts)

1. Yeah. Pompeo tweeted about it and caught some serious flack

Reply to Devil Child (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 02:28 PM

Feb 2020

The United States condemns the move by China to expel three @WSJ journalists. Mature, responsible countries understand that a free press reports facts and expresses opinions. China should not restrict #freespeech

Kind of like how you expelled an NPR reporter from your plane. Oh Mike, you so China.

Link to tweet

Did the US condemn the move to accuse @NPRKelly of being a liar and denying her colleagues the opportunity to accompany you on a foreign trip

You literally kicked NPR off a trip because your fee fees were hurt. How did you get through West Point with so little of a moral code?

You’re going to be shocked when you hear what happened to Jamal Khashoggi.

Iliyah

(25,111 posts)

2. Ok, what is . . .

Reply to Devil Child (Original post)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 02:28 PM

Feb 2020

Heard this morning the death toll is decreasing because the virus is slowing down.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

3. Not exactly true...

Reply to Iliyah (Reply #2)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 02:33 PM

Feb 2020

COVID-19 stats

Watch the stats not the press.

cstanleytech

(26,319 posts)

5. I suspect though that the death rate for it will probably level off and begin to drop as doctors

Reply to defacto7 (Reply #3)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 02:51 PM

Feb 2020

begin to develop a treatment and it will probably come down even further if they can develop a vaccine in time.
Mind you that depends on it not significantly mutating but then again that is a risk with the flu as well as we have some years where there are worse outbreaks of it due to an unexpected new mutation.

defacto7

(13,485 posts)

6. I agree.

Reply to cstanleytech (Reply #5)

Thu Feb 20, 2020, 03:55 PM

Feb 2020

As for mutation we have to keep in mind that it could mutate into something less dangerous as well as the other way around. Some seem to think it's some form of flu virus which it's not. The coronavirus group more resembles the common cold virus than the flu and it's considerably more prone to mutation. Supposedly it doesn't follow seasonal fluctuations like the flu either; it's an all season virus. It's impossible to predict but they're starting to measure some probabilities. The rates are not very accurate at this point.