This is incorrect; Chinese government kicked out American journalists to retaliate Trump expelling Chinese journalists that work for state-run news medias [0].

As a China national, I'm disappointed to see Trump's action somehow feeds into CCP's rhetoric.

Sorry for replying to an old comment, saw this while looking at another article. Hope you don't mind!

[0]: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/17/business/media/china-expe...