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Our club works toward better conditions for foreign journalists in China.

Incident Reports, Statements | Published February 21, 2011

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Statements | Published February 6, 2011

FCCC condemns attacks on journalists in Egypt

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China strongly condemns the recent attacks on and detentions of journalists in Egypt. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the government has blocked signals of some broadcasters, and more than 100 cases of violence against or detentions of journalists have been reported. Journalists around the world should be allowed [...]

Statements | Published June 29, 2010

FCCC Calls for Open Reporting Access to Tibet

On the occasion of a government-led reporting trip to Tibet for foreign journalists, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China calls on the government to apply its own reporting regulations and properly open Tibet to foreign journalists. A new FCCC survey about reporting access to Tibet found 86 percent of respondents said it is not currently possible to report [...]

Statements | Published May 7, 2010

FCCC Deplores Intimidation of News Assistants

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China calls for an end to the continued harassment and intimidation of Chinese employees working for foreign journalists. This week, an FCCC member working for German television reported that police in Beijing threatened and intimidated her Chinese assistant after, on her direction, he videotaped at a migrant school slated for [...]

Statements | Published November 18, 2009

Hu, Obama Meeting A Missed Opportunity For Openness

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China regrets the missed opportunity to demonstrate openness when Chinese President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barrack Obama read statements to the media at a press conference Nov. 17. Following the prepared statements, there was no chance for reporters attending the event to ask questions, which would have highlighted what [...]