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Yearly Archives: 2006
FCCC Welcomes Olympic Reporting Regulations
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China welcomes new regulations governing reporting activities by foreign journalists during the Beijing Olympic Games and its run-up, a period that runs from Jan. 1, 2007 to Oct. 17, 2008. Depending on how they are implemented, we hope they’ll one day be looked back upon as a major step in [...]
Xinhua Regulations Hinder Free Flow Of Information
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China is concerned that recently announced Xinhua News Agency regulations enhance censorship and hinder the free flow of accurate information which is crucial to a market-based economy. The sweeping regulations, announced without consultation with the parties involved, negate a previous government commitment to allow some foreign providers to distribute financial [...]
Italian Journalist Detained In Liaoning
Italian sports journalist Francesco Liello of La Gazetta dello Sport was detained in Anshan, Liaoning Province. He was trying to report on a “collective doping” scandal reported earlier by domestic Chinese media. He was unable to find the new headmaster, whom he wanted to interview, and was detained while photographing an empty running track. Liello, [...]
Tags: Liaoning
SCMP Reporter Detained In Guangzhou
Malaysian journalist Leu Siew Ying, who works for the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, was detained by police in Panyu district, Guangzhou, for eight hours while she was attempting to cover the one-year anniversary of disturbances in Taishi village. Her mobile phone was taken away so she could not call for assistance as the [...]
Tags: Guangdong
Detentions Of Foreign Journalists Widespread Before Olympics
Two years before more than 20,000 international journalists descend on Beijing for the opening of the Olympic Games on August 8, 2008, a survey by the Foreign Correspondents Club of China shows that Chinese authorities frequently detain foreign reporters, and occasionally use violence against them and their sources. Since 2004 – the year in which [...]
