Jan 16, 2015
Some of you will have already seen the account written by FCCC member Angela Koeckritz from Die Zeit of the continued detention of her assistant Zhang Miao and of her own repeated and prolonged interrogation by the police which eventually led to Angela choosing to...
Sep 12, 2014
September 2014 Executive summary (PDF) China’s ruling Communist Party continues to erect hurdles to foreign journalists, and the media companies that employ them, discouraging reporting on many aspects of China. Foreign journalists are restricted in where they can...
May 28, 2014
The FCCC is alarmed and deeply concerned by reports that Xin Jiang, a Chinese news assistant employed by the Japanese newspaper Nikkei, has been detained on suspicion of “picking quarrels and stirring up trouble” after having been held incommunicado by police for...
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...
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...
Jan 26, 2014
The FCCC board on Friday sent the following letter to Ms. Chen Mingjian at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Information Department, protesting about the violent treatment of foreign correspondents outside the court where Xu Zhiyong was being tried last Wednesday. These...
