Apr 7, 2014
Last summer Marieke de Vries, correspondent for Dutch radio and television, visited Yingkou in the northern province of Liaoning. She was interested in the city because it has been heavily built but has practically no residents; it is a “ghost town”. Marieke and her...
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...
Mar 13, 2014
(December 2012) The FCCC has compiled the results of this year’s annual survey of visa issues for foreign correspondents. A record 119 respondents filled out the survey. The picture is no better than last year and in some respects worse, although anecdotally there...
Feb 22, 2014
Correspondents should be aware that one of our colleagues was detained recently in Urumqi and that during his interrogation uniformed police officers repeatedly told him that in Xinjiang the normal reporting rules do not apply, and that we are required to register and...
Jan 29, 2014
The FCCC is deeply concerned that a respected and correspondent such as Paul Mooney should have his visa rejected in such a manner. Such delays and lack of transparency merely add to the impression that the visa process is being used by the authorities to intimidate...
