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Gloria Oladipo

Nebraska governor’s remarks about Chinese reporter spark outrage

Jim Pillen in Orlando, Florida, in November 2022.
Jim Pillen in Orlando, Florida, in November 2022. Photograph: Phelan M Ebenhack/AP

The Nebraska governor, Jim Pillen, is under fire for his dismissal of an investigative article into his family business, saying he didn’t read the piece because the reporter was “from communist China”.

The reporter, 27-year-old Yanqi Xu, said that she was “shocked” by Pillen’s comments concerning her nationality, especially after Pillen’s office did not respond to several requests for comments for Xu’s piece.

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