Dossier
Yoko Kubota
Coverage of Yoko Kubota in the Nexus archive.
- Foreign Press Corps in China Continues to Erode Amid Tension and Suspicion
Foreign journalists are increasingly departing China as nationalist sentiment rises and government restrictions on press freedom tighten. Wall Street Journal correspondent Yoko Kubota and other international reporters describe growing wariness from sources, self-censorship among Chinese contacts, and a state propaganda machine portraying the outside world as dangerous. The erosion of the foreign press corps reflects broader tensions in China-Japan relations and China's portrayal of geopolitical threats to its citizens.