U.S. Officials Push To Evict ‘chinese Spies'

Administration officials suspect several employees at media outlets in the U.S. are agents

- Edward Wong Julian E. Barnes

As China moves forward with expelling almost all American journalists from three major U.S. newspapers, Trump administration officials have intensified discussions over whether to evict employees of Chinese media outlets who they say mainly act as spies.

The action is under consideration because some U.S. officials want to retaliate against China in a new conflict that has revolved around news organisations and is being fuelled by hostility over the coronavirus pandemic.

Since the virus began spreading across the U.S., Washington and Beijing have waged a global information war over the outbreak. President Donald Trump and his aides are trying to pin responsibility on China, where Communist Party officials initially covered up the dangers of the virus as it was first discovered. Mr. Trump, though, has been criticized for vast failures in the U.S. response.

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