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Yearly Archives: 2005
Foreign Journalists Roughed Up, FCCC Protests
In the course of little more than a week, a handful of mainland-based foreign correspondents and/or Chinese acquaintances traveling with them were roughed up by locals wearing civilian clothes. In the first incident, Abel Segretinand of Radio France International and Leu Siew Ying of Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post were jostled and hit by [...]
FCCC Urges Release Of Zhao Yan, Ching Cheong
The Foreign Correspondents Club of China is deeply distressed by the recent trials and imprisonments of Ching Cheong, a Hong Kong journalist working for the Straits Times newspaper of Singapore and Zhao Yan, an employee of The New York Times. Mr. Ching is a well-known and respected journalist who has covered Greater China for 30-plus [...]
China Manages News Media During Congress Week
The word from Premier Wen Jiabao at the opening of this year’s National People’s Congress was that China should open up even further to the outside world. But when it comes to managing the news media, old habits die hard. The NPC coincided with the BBC’s special “China week” – so, not only were e-mail [...]
Tags: Beijing
Still No Word On Zhao Yan
The New York Times bureau reports that there is no news on the case of detained researcher and farmers’ rights advocate Zhao Yan. The FCCC remains deeply concerned about Zhao, who is charged with revealing state secrets. If convicted on that charge, Zhao Yan could get the death penalty. The New York Times continues to [...]
Security Agents Rough Up Reporters At South Korean Press Conference
The FCCC and a Japanese journalists group in Beijing have both sent letters of complaint to the Foreign Ministry over the rough handling of reporters by security agents trying to break up a news conference at the Great Wall Sheraton Hotel in January. About 30 journalists showed up to cover the presser by the South [...]
Tags: Beijing
