U.S. Considers Expelling Chinese Journalists After Americans Barred
- Meeting on Monday was to weigh response to ouster of reporters
- Options include expelling many of China’s reporters in U.S.
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The U.S. is weighing whether to expel Chinese journalists after China kicked out three Wall Street Journal reporters, part of a push by the Trump administration to show leaders in Beijing that it will resist restrictions on Americans working in China.
The administration’s options were to be discussed in a meeting of senior administration leaders at the White House on Monday led by Matt Pottinger, the deputy national security adviser who was once a Wall Street Journal reporter in Beijing, according to U.S. officials familiar with the deliberations.