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Monthly Archives: July 2008
FCCC Letter To Jacques Rogge
Beijing, July 31, 2008 To Jacques Rogge President, International Olympic Committee Dear President Rogge The Foreign Correspondents Club of China is deeply concerned by a July 30 report that International Olympic Committee officials accepted the blocking of sensitive websites during negotiations with Chinese authorities. If such an agreement was made, the IOC should publicly disclose [...]
FCCC Urges Lifting Of Internet Controls
The Chinese government’s controls on the internet are contrary to the free reporting environment promised by the hosts and contradict International Olympic Commission assurances that the press will be able to operate as at previous Games. Thousands of visiting journalists will now get to experience the censorship that reporters and other internet users in China [...]
Beijing Police Manhandle Danish Journalist Filming Ticket Sales
Beijing police manhandled a Danish television journalist and his Chinese assistant, knocking their camera to the ground and breaking it as the team tried to cover the crowds lined up to buy tickets during the last round of Olympic ticket sales. DR Asia Bureau Chief Jan Larsen said the crew’s camera and monopod were broken; [...]
Tags: Beijing
Beijing Police Manhandle HK Journalists
According to multiple press reports and video clips posted online, at least four Hong Kong journalists were manhandled, shoved and pushed by police while attempting to cover a crowd of Beijingers trying to buy Olympics tickets. Video clips show police shoving photographers and other media away as a rush of ticket-buyers tried to push ahead [...]
Tags: Beijing
State Security Warns Dalian Locals Not To Talk To BBC
State security told potential interviewees in Dalian not to talk to Rupert Wingfield Hayes of the BBC when he attempted to ask them about their involvement in a Carrefour boycott.
Tags: Liaoning
