The Chinese government will make a decision in the next upcoming weeks that will determine the fate of American journalists currently in China. The government first threatened to place heavier limitations on reporters after stories were published that revealed negative information about Chinese officials. New Yorker reporter Evan Osnos said on Friday that the government's effort to force out American reporters is not one borne from power, but rather from fear. "The real purpose is intimidation," he wrote. "I spent some time with a senior Chinese diplomat recently, and when I asked what motivated the threat of expulsion, the diplomat said that the Times and Bloomberg were seeking nothing...
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