Monthly Archives: April 2009

For Members | Published April 14, 2009

Registration For Reporting In Sichuan Quake Areas

Sichuan authorities are reimposing a registration requirement for reporting in areas affected by May 12, 2008 earthquake. For your convenience, we are attaching the list of contacts in Chinese in this notice; a link to the Sichuan News Department Website is here: http://scwx.newssc.org/system/2009/04/02/011752340.shtml The FCCC has already received several reports of interference in areas affected [...]

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Events | Published April 7, 2009

April Happy Hour

Ever increasing in popularity, the FCCC’s monthly Happy Hour is always a jolly occasion. Be sure to come along and add your spice to the usual mix of feisty debate and jovial conversation. Non-members very welcome as always. No charge. FCCC members enjoy a crazy drinks deal on presentation of valid membership card. DATE: Friday [...]

Events | Published April 3, 2009

Alexandra Harney Speaks On The China Price

Please join us for a talk by fellow journalist Alexandra Harney, the author of the critically acclaimed The China Price: The True Cost of Chinese Competitive Advantage, which takes a long hard look at China’s world-dominating export sector. Through the stories of individual Chinese – migrant workers, factory managers, labor activists and others – the [...]

Incident Reports | Published April 2, 2009

Henan Authorities Obstruct Journalist Covering Unemployment

LOCATION: Henan Province, villages in Xiping district TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of sources, unable to proceed with reporting TOPIC: Unemployed migrant workers in the countryside NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: Marije Vlaskamp, RTL International Television News, Holland “Mentioning the rules to the local foreign affairs office was not helpful at all. The officials ignored me and put pressure on [...]

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Incident Reports | Published April 2, 2009

German Barred From Reporting On Sichuan Quake Aftermath

LOCATION: Sichuan Province, Yingxiu TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space TOPIC: Sichuan earthquake NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: German QUOTE: “Before arriving in Yingxiu I had tried to obtain permission by calling the Sichuan Province waiban foreign affairs office, the Chengdu waiban and the Aba local waiban repeatedly over several days. Nobody had mentioned the need to obtain [...]

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