北京
BEIJING, June 3 (Xinhua) -- The United States should ensure the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese journalists working and living there and take concrete steps to implement common positions reached with China on the matter, Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said Wednesday.
Mao made the remarks at a regular news briefing after a U.S. State Department spokesperson claimed China did not guarantee U.S. journalists the same rights that it is expecting from U.S. authorities for those attached to Chinese media outlets.
"The U.S. side talks about reciprocal treatment, and that is exactly China's concern. It is the U.S. side that started the media issue," Mao said.
Since the two sides reached three common points of understanding, the Chinese side had fully followed through on these, which included giving U.S. journalists visa facilitation to report from China, she said.
In contrast, basic reporting rights of Chinese journalists stationed in the United States had been severely restricted, she said.
Almost no Chinese journalist has been granted the opportunity for on-the-ground coverage at the White House. Their visas and residence permits are often delayed for no justifiable reason, while many have been forced to return to China. Chinese journalists' applications for short-term reporting assignments in the United States are rarely approved, according to Mao.
The U.S. side talks about freedom of speech, yet Chinese media in the U.S. are politically labeled with the tags "foreign agent" and "foreign mission," she added.
特别声明：以上内容(如有图片或视频亦包括在内)为自媒体平台“网易号”用户上传并发布，本平台仅提供信息存储服务。
Notice: The content above (including the pictures and videos if any) is uploaded and posted by a user of NetEase Hao, which is a social media platform and only provides information storage services.
