as in mainland china, for how long at that point? i d been reporting basically for about seven years, - eight years in china before we were expelled. - and how did you find out? how did you find out that you were having to leave? yeah, it will happened in march 2020, and i know around that l time just the rest of the world was starting to understand - what was happening with the pandemic. i but by then, we were really neck deep in the pandemicl in china, it had broken out in december orjanuary. . and we were a few months, and i had gone to wuhan. that ended up being my last reporting trip in china. - i d been evacuated. and then i came backl to beijing where i live. and ijust remember there was a night in march - when ijust happened to wake up in the middle of the night - and i checked my phone, i and there wasjust a barrage of messages from colleagues and friends asking how- i was and did you see the news?
reporting from china, as in mainland china, for how long at that point? i d been reporting basically for about seven years, - eight years in china before we were expelled. - and how did you find out? how did you find out that you were having to leave? yeah, it all happened in march 2020, and i know around thatl time just the rest of the world was starting to understand - what was happening with the pandemic. i but by then, we were really neck deep in the pandemicl in china, it had broken out in december orjanuary. . and we were a few months and i had gone to wuhan. that was ended up being my last reporting trip in china. - i d been evacuated. and then i came backl to beijing where i live. and ijust remember there was a night in march - when ijust happened to wake up in the middle of the night - and i checked my phone - and there wasjust a barrage of messages from colleagues
in china, it had broken out in december orjanuary. . and we were a few months and i had gone to wuhan. that was ended up being my last reporting trip in china. - i d been evacuated. and then i came backl to beijing where i live. and ijust remember there was a night in march - when ijust happened to wake up in the middle of the night - and i checked my phone - and there wasjust a barrage of messages from colleagues and friends asking how- i was and did you see the news? and that s when i saw that the chinese government had announced that they were - expelling almost all american journalists working for three i american news organisations, the washington post, | the wall street journal and the new york times. and it was quite a shock. i really wasn t expecting that. the way that the chinese i government framed it was that it was technically a tit - for tat measure against the us government, which had earlier moved to limit the number- of chinese journalists- working for state run media
in december orjanuary. . but by then, we were really neck deep in the pandemic in china, it had broken out in december orjanuary. . and we were a few months and i had gone to wuhan that was ended up i being my last reporting trip in china. i d been evacuated. and then i came backl to beijing where i live. and ijust remember there - was a night in march when ijust happened to wake up in the middle i of the night and i checked my phone and there was just a barragel of messages from colleagues and friends asking how- i was and did you see the news? and that s when i saw that the chinese government had announced that they were expelling almost all american journalists - working for three american news - organisations, the washington post, the wall streetjournal- and the new york times. and it was quite a shock. i really wasn t expecting that. the way that the chinese government framed it was that it was technically a tit for tat measure against the us government, . i which had earli
yeah, it will happened in march 2020, - and i know around that time justi the rest of the world was starting to understand what was - happening with the pandemic. but by then, we were really neck deep in i the pandemic in china, it had broken out in december orjanuary. and we were a few months and i had gone to wuhan that was ended up i being my last reporting trip in china. i d been evacuated. and then i came backl to beijing where i live. and ijust remember there - was a night in march when ijust happened to wake up in the middle i of the night and i checked my phone and there was just a barragel of messages from colleagues and friends asking how- i was and did you see the news? and that s when i saw that the chinese government had announced that they were expelling almost all american journalists - working for three american news - organisations, the washington post, the wall streetjournal- and the new york times. and it was quite a shock. i really wasn t expecting that. the w