According to a media report, France has asked two employees of the Chinese embassy to leave the country. The background to this move is an incident that occurred at Paris Charles-de-Gaulle Airport in March, where Chinese human rights activist Ling Huazhan was harassed and only saved from forced repatriation by the intervention of French security forces. Consequently, the head of state security at the Chinese embassy in Paris and his deputy have been asked to leave the country, as reported by Le Monde on Wednesday, citing a source from the French Foreign Ministry.