Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian at the press conference on March 24, 2026

Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lin Jian on Monday said that the New York Times provided platform for Taiwan authorities to peddle separatist rhetoric for "Taiwan independence," and blatantly called China's Taiwan region a "country." This grossly violates the one-China principle and the three China-US joint communiqués, and sends a gravely wrong signal to "Taiwan independence" separatist forces. China firmly opposes it. The New York Times should correct its wrongdoings rather than continue down the wrong path.

The remarks were made when asked to comment on a question that according to the New York Times, one of its journalists was deported.

Lin added that during the time the journalist you mentioned was stationed in China, she had a track record of deceiving people into unknowingly taking interviews, and violated the Regulations of the People's Republic of China on News Coverage by Permanent Offices of Foreign Media Organizations and Foreign Journalists. Her residence permit was thus revoked as dictated by laws and regulations. 

The US side, out of so-called "reciprocity," is engaged in political suppression against journalists from Xinhua News Agency working legally in the US. China firmly opposes this, Lin added.

Lin said the facts and merits of the issue of media between China and the US are clear. The root cause is the US side's unilaterally stirring up trouble, and politicizing issues related to media. 

China always provides facilitation for foreign journalists as they report and live in China. In recent years, China has shown flexibility and provided visa facilitation for quite a few US journalists coming to China to do reporting, whereas Chinese journalists' applications for reporting in the United States have rarely been approved, Lin said. 

The US side should earnestly implement the understanding reached with China on media issues and take concrete actions to ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese journalists who work and stay in the US.

Global Times