China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) confirmed on December 26, 2015, that it denied Mme Gauthier’s application to renew her press card, effectively resulting in her expulsion from China since her journalist visa – set to expire on December 31 – cannot be renewed without a valid press card. MOFA found Gauthier “no longer suitable to continue working in China” because her November 18, 2015 article in the French newsmagazine, L’Obs, “championed acts of terrorism and the slaughter of innocent civilians . . .”