In a major escalation of the media war between Beijing and Washington, the Trump administration ordered four Chinese news outlets in U.S. to cut their staffs

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Washington Post / Carol Morello / Mar 2, 2020

“State Department officials refused to call the impacted employees journalists, saying they work for propaganda organs.” —

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