The FCCC notes with concern a number of incidents of interference with foreign journalists reporting on the chemical explosion in Tianjin. Among the reports so far: 1. CNN’s Will Ripley encountered interference while filming a live report in front of a...
March 2015 Tianmu Village, near Tianjin Matt Sheehan, Huffington Post I first learned of protests in Tianmu village on March 5th from this article on Radio Free Asia. After reading it I emailed Radio Free Asia and they put me in touch with someone in the village. He...
(Beijing, May 2015) – Christine Adelhardt, ARD German TV After five years as correspondent and bureau chief of ARD German TV in Beijing, my company organized a reception to bid farewell to me and to introduce my successor. For this event the Chairman of ARD and my...
July 2015 Aksu City, Xinjiang Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy News Service I was working on a story about ethnic divides in Xinjiang, by following groups of young men who are part of local parkour clubs. Parkour is a kind of urban acrobatics that has become popular...
August 2015 Tianjin European reporter We were doing a story about the family of missing firefighters who work on contract with Tianjin Port authorities. We were in contact with family members of the non-PSB fire brigade members who are missing in the Tianjin blast. We...
July 2015 Beijing British news outlet I was detained by security agents while trying to interview a house church leader at his home in Beijing. Police have erected a small shed at the entrance to this guy’s compound (apparently to keep an eye on him with CCTV...
