CHINA-INDIA: NON-RENEWAL OF XINHUA JOURNALISTS VISAS

 India on July 24, 2016, declined to renew the visas of three Chinese journalists working for China's official Xinhua news agency. The three journalists are: Wu Qiang and Lu Tang, heads of Xinhua’s bureaus in Delhi and Mumbai respectively and She Yonggang, a reporter with Xinhua’s Mumbai bureau.  A Ministry of Home Affairs source was quoted as saying that the journalists had travelled to Bengaluru recently for an event where they met Tibetan activists which became an issue.  China's official media reaction to this news was sharp and threatening with reports and editorials in the Chinese and English versions of the state-run Global Times declaring on July 25, 2016, that  'If New Delhi is really taking revenge due to the NSG membership issue, there will be serious consequences'.


(Comment: Wu Qiang and Lu Tang are senior Xinhua journalists and both have spent a long time in India. Wu Qiang has been in India for at least 7 years while Lu Tang has done two stints in India with the present exceeding 7 years.)
 






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