A spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry played down the delays, saying all the reporters affected would be allowed to stay in China for an extended period.
"...Iran now has shown that it can target all American territory; the Iranian parliament had previously warned [the US] that an electromagnetic nuclear attack on the United States would likely kill 90 percent of Americans..."
What this all relies on is presumption of guilt, as well as large prejudice stemming from Russophobia, and the invocation of dubious past unproven cases such as the 2018 alleged poisoning of British double agent Sergei Skripal in Salisbury...
Chinese industry leaders recently warned of devastation: “The entire chip industry is too fragile to defend itself. We are at least 20 years behind compared to Silicon Valley...”