India, China have expelled nearly all of each other’s journalists amid fraying ties

Indian foreign minister Subrahmanyam Jaishankar with his Chinese counterpart Qin Gang on the sidelines of the SCO Council meeting on May 4. PHOTO: AFP
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BENGALURU – After a string of mutual expulsions of journalists in India and China, particularly in recent weeks, relations between the world’s two most populous nations are more strained than before.

Former diplomats worry that the two sides will soon have no accredited journalists in each other’s country, closing a crucial channel for amicable communication amid border tensions and geopolitical competition. 

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