The US media quoted sources as a reporter that China and India expelled each other's reporters in recent weeks.
The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (May 30) that sources said that New Delhi refused to renew the visa for the last two Chinese official media reporters in the country this month. The two reporters came from Xinhua News Agency andChina Central Television.
Earlier this year, Indian media also had four reporters in China.The report quoted an unnamed Chinese official that at least two of them had not received a visa to return to China.Sources said that the third reporter was told that his reporter's certificate had been revoked this month, but he was still in China.
It is reported that these pairs of equal moves may exacerbate the contradictions between the two neighboring countries of China and India. Since the fatal conflict between the controversial China -India border in June 2020, the relationship between the two countries has been in a state of controversial China -India border.Has worsened.Since then, the relationship between the two countries has become tense and evolved into a wide range of bilateral disputes.
According to sources, the last two Chinese official media reporters have left India after the visa expires.Some sources said that India has no reporters from Chinese official media, which may be the first time since the 1980s.
China also canceled the reporter's certificate from Indian reporters.Sources said that last month, a reporter from India's largest newspaper Hindu and PRASAR Bharati, the official public broadcasting company of New Delhi, was prohibited to return to the country while traveling overseas, and the Hindustan TimesA reporter was told that his reporter's certificate had been revoked this month.
The Indian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman not discussed the visa details of individual reporters.He said that he mentioned in a April comment that Chinese journalists are still working in India, and the Indian government hopes that Chinese reporters will allow Indian reporters to work locally.