As Beijing expels more foreign journalists, it's China that is hurt more than anyone else

Open this photo in gallery: A Chinese flag waves in front of the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, Oct. 29, 2015.Jason Lee/Reuters In October, 2007, a U.S. diplomat met with Liu Jianchao, a senior Chinese Foreign Affairs Ministry official, to lobby for a visa on behalf of Wall Street Journal reporter Ian Johnson. Mr. Johnson, a native of Montreal, had published a book on the banned spiritual movement Falun Gong after a stint in China in the 1990s, and Beijing was wary of letting him return, Mr. Liu said, adding that the case had "nothing to do with…