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Ursula Gauthier, from L’Obs magazine, was attacked in state media for article criticising Běijīng government’s approach to Muslim minority in Xīnjiāng China is expelling a French journalist who questioned its treatment of its Muslim Uighur minority in the north-western region of Xīnjiāng, her employer, the weekly L’Obs news magazine, has said. Ursula Gauthier, the magazine’s Běijīng correspondent, needs to leave China by 31 December after authorities refused to renew her visa. Shortly after publishing a story that suggested China was using the Paris Attacks to justify crackdowns on Uighur people, Gauthier was the subject of editorials in state-controlled media and even death threats, L’Obs said. [Read more].

• Reuters in Paris, China expels French journalist who questioned treatment of Uighurs, The Guardian, December 26, 2015
• Tom Phillips in Běijīng, French journalist accuses China of intimidating foreign press, The Guardian, December 26, 2015

Ursula Gauthier holds a statement criticising her from the Chinese ministry of foreign affairs. Photo: Mark Schiefelbein/AP.