White House places cap on Chinese state media employees in US following expulsion of WSJ reporters

The Trump administration on Monday said it is imposing a cap on “the number of Chinese citizens permitted to work” for China’s major state-run media companies in the U.S. “at any given time.”

“Today, we announced a personnel cap on Chinese government-controlled media organizations in the United States,” Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said in a tweet Monday. “We urge Beijing to respect freedom of expression and will continue to seek reciprocity across the bilateral relationship.”