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For Members
FCCC Winter Party: Enforcing Party Discipline
Dear Members, History shows that the FCCC Party is great, glorious and correct. As in 伟大光荣正确. But your faithful FCCC cadres cannot put on a great, glorious and correct Party without the participation of grassroots members. We can, however, create the necessary conditions. Please study the following theoretical considerations concerning our December 8 Winter Bash. [...]
Correspondent Expelled
Al Jazeera English correspondent, Melissa Chan, has been expelled from China. The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China is appalled by the decision of the Chinese government to take this action. Chinese officials had expressed anger at a documentary the channel aired last November. Melissa Chan did not even play a part in making that documentary. [...]
March Happy Hour
TOP SECRET – FOR YOUR EYES ONLY FCCC March HAPPY HOUR FCCC members are hereby ordered by legal decree (see Articles of Association, Act 537, Dec 2008 and amended heavily for detail ever since where appropriate) to promptly attend the monthly HAPPY HOUR this coming Friday at the evocatively named Scarlett Bar at G HOTEL, 6-30 till [...]
Journalist Beaten, Others Harassed
The Foreign Correspondent’s Club of China is appalled by the attack on one of our members by men who appeared to be plain clothes security officers in Beijing. This video journalist was trying to do his job Sunday when he was set upon and repeatedly punched and kicked in the face by officers as part [...]
UPDATED: Warning on reporting this weekend
Many correspondents in Beijing have gotten calls with warnings about reporting in the vicinity of Wangfujing this weekend, ranging from friendly reminders about reporting regulations to specific warnings. The FCCC strongly urges everyone to carry all necessary press credentials and passports, to avoid being provoked into confrontations, and to avoid in any way endangering Chinese [...]
