Italian sports journalist Francesco Liello of La Gazetta dello Sport was detained in Anshan, Liaoning Province. He was trying to report on a “collective doping” scandal reported earlier by domestic Chinese media. He was unable to find the new headmaster,...
Malaysian journalist Leu Siew Ying, who works for the Hong Kong-based South China Morning Post, was detained by police in Panyu district, Guangzhou, for eight hours while she was attempting to cover the one-year anniversary of disturbances in Taishi village. Her...
American journalist Jim Yardley, who works for The New York Times, visited a village in Inner Mongolia to ask residents about a recent pollution spill. Local factories and government officials had deliberately dumped chemical waste into the village rather than risk a...