Compromise on journalists led nowhere: FM

Chinese media agencies have been putting up with the crackdown and discriminatory measures by the United States for too long, but their compromise led nowhere, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Thursday. 

The US has only intensified such measures, Geng said at a daily news conference, adding that China will be forced to take actions against US media agencies based on reciprocity.

Responding to the US's restrictive measures on Chinese media agencies, China announced countermeasures against some US media outlets on Wednesday.

China also said it will take reciprocal measures against US journalists in response to discriminatory restrictions the US has imposed on Chinese journalists over issues, including visas.