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 [...]

LOCATION: Dujiangyan, Minjiang commune, on a public road TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of source, reporter detained TOPIC: One-year anniversary of the Sichuan earthquake NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: French print/radio “They said I was detained because I was in a ‘forbidden area,’ though it is a tourist spot, with propaganda banners welcoming ‘friends from all over the world’ and [...]

LOCATION: Sichuan Province, border of the Tibetan Autonomous Region Ganzi at Ershanlang tunnel TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation, barred from public space REPORTING TOPIC: Tibetan unrest REPORTER/ORGANIZATION/NATIONALITY: Marcel Grzanna, Aachener Zeitung, German DESCRIPTION: When we arrived at the police-checkpoint our passports were confiscated and we were forced to wait more than an hour for 12 county [...]

DATE: Mar. 20, 2009 LOCATION: Sichuan Province, border of the Tibetan Autonomous Region Ganzi at Ershanlang tunnel TYPE OF INCIDENT: Intimidation of staff, barred from public space REPORTING TOPIC: Tibetan unrest ORGANIZATION/NATIONALITY: Marcel Grzanna, Aachener Zeitung, German “Officials grasped our assistant by the arm and one heavy-armed officer from the special anti-riot squad put his [...]

LOCATION: Sichuan Province, Chengdu TYPE OF INCIDENT: Barred from public space, followed, filmed REPORTING TOPIC: Tibet one year after March 14, 2008 riots REPORTER/ORGANIZATION: Ole Torp, NRK, Norway QUOTE: “When we stated we were in our full rights to enter the quarter, the commanding officer came forward and stated bluntly in Chinese that we were [...]