In an unprecedented move, three Chinese journalists working for the official State-run Xinhua news agency in India were told to leave India by the end of the month after their visa extensions were declined.

This marks a rare instance of India effectively expelling foreign journalists or those from China.

The journalists were told their visas would not be renewed, effectively expelling them.

Sources in Beijing said the journalists have not been told the reasons for the denial.

The journalists are Tang Lu, who heads Xinhua's Mumbai bureau, and is a leading Chinese expert on South Asia, She Yonggang a reporter in Mumbai, and Wu Qiang of the Delhi bureau.

Sources at Xinhua told India Today they have been given no reason for the move.

At the time of writing, the Indian Embassy in Beijing had not responded to questions from India Today.

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