Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying. Photo: VCG
Chinese observers slammed the US as being hypocritical and having double standards in its flaunting advocacy of press freedom, as Chinese journalists stationed in the US suffered from political oppression while Western media continued to hype China’s so-called media manipulation.
Hua Chunying, spokesperson of the Chinese Foreign Ministry, on Wednesday released more details of Chinese journalists being badly treated in the US and requested the US to correct the mistake as soon as possible and give Chinese journalists fair and just treatment.
Hua revealed that a journalist of China’s Xinhua News Agency who was forced to return to China on May 1 was interrogated in an unusual way by US border agents, and his laptop and other electronic devices were also checked.