From visa denials to online trolling, foreign journalists in China say they face 'unprecedented hurdles'
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/01/31/media/china-foreign-journalists-intl-hnk/index.html
I thought that China's communist party is mostly satisfied by controling media inside the country and Hong Kong. But, the fact is that the country also wants to control media outside the country.
Strict sanctions on foreign journalists would cause more journalists to return to original countries, which would also be one of the purposes of Xi's regime.