International relationsExpelled Japanese journalist senses China's rising repression
Former correspondent compares his expulsion 22 years ago with those of WSJ reporters
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang speaks during a daily briefing at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing. © AP
KENJI KAWASE, Nikkei Asian Review chief business news correspondent
OSAKA -- For Yukihisa Nakatsu, former Beijing correspondent for Japanese newspaper Yomiuri Shimbun, when he heard about the expulsion last month of three Wall Street Journal reporters based in the country's capital, it was a case of the same old-fashioned repression of foreign media by the Chinese government.