Monthly Archives: February 2008

Ningxia Police Obstruct Interview With Imam

Officials in Ningxia demanded that two correspondents – one French, one Danish – register with authorities before interviewing an imam, after the journalists were told by foreign affairs offices in Shanghai and Ningxia that due to new Olympics reporting rules, the offices could not issue reporting permits. Plainclothes officers met the journalists at their pre-appointed [...]

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FCCC Welcomes Release Of Ching Cheong

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China welcomes the release of Hong Kong-based Straits Times correspondent Ching Cheong, who was arrested in Guangzhou in April 2005 and charged with allegedly spying for Taiwan. In August 2006, Ching was sentenced to five years in prison; he had served almost two years of his sentence before being released [...]