摘要
In an opinion article by its editorial board on February 19,Banished in Beijing,The Wall Street Journal(WSJ)obliquely questioned China deserving to be treated as a great power after China’s Foreign Ministry revoked the press credentials of three WSJ reporters over an insensitive article it published,titled China Is the Real Sick Man of Asia.At a press conference on February 24,the Foreign Ministry’s new spokesperson Zhao Lijian repeated the demand for an apology,saying China won’t be a"silent lamb."Was the Chinese Government overreacting?You need to know the whole picture to understand that.
