The foreign affairs office in Ningxia blocked a documentary producer from researching locations for a project on climate change, even though the producer had earlier obtained permission to film in the area. The documentary crew was met in Yinchuan, Ningxia on arrival at the airport and ordered to return to Beijing, by authorities “who said [...]

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 [...]