去年三月份那场中美相互驱逐记者的报道里有一点信息，“ the approximately two hundred Chinese nationals who work for foreign media bureaus in China”，不能独立采编的新闻助理如果都只有这种规模的话，那外媒在华的记者数量可能真的是少的离谱……

China’s expulsion of American journalists also affects Chinese staff—and the future of reporting in China - Columbia Journalism Review
https://www.cjr.org/analysis/chinese-nationals-forced-resignations.php