Apr 6, 2014
Reviewing the conditions under which foreign reporters work in China, the FCCC is disturbed to note a number of negative trends over the past year. – In particular, we have found that the Chinese authorities are increasingly using the denial of visas, or delays...
Feb 27, 2009
LOCATION: Gansu Province, Maqu County TYPE OF INCIDENT: Manhandling, detention, intimidation TOPIC: Tibetan unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: New York Times, United States QUOTE: “Li suddenly exploded in rage and hit my right arm as I took his photo. The blow...
Jun 1, 2008
Police in Gansu tailed Dutch journalist Hans Moleman of Volkskrant newspaper and a Tibetan-speaking interpreter, insisting on the first day that he check out of his hotel in Xiahe because foreigners were not allowed to stay there. On the second day, police followed...
Mar 17, 2008
Police turned back a reporter from Britain’s The Guardian after he drove over a mountain pass to enter an Linxia, Gansu province, an area near the border between with Sichuan where protests had taken place. Reporter Jonathan Watts said an English-speaking...
Mar 17, 2008
Police detained a Finnish Broadcasting Co. correspondent and cameraman outside the monastery town of Xiahe in Gansu province and threatened to confiscate their footage. The team arrived in Xiahe on March 15, and was trying to leave when law enforcement officers...
