China Should Allow Access To Tibetan Areas

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China urges the Chinese government to halt a wave of detentions of journalists and open Tibetan areas for news coverage. Reporters from at least six news organisation have been detained, turned back or had their tapes...

Government Should Stop Intimidating Assistants Of Foreign Media

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China is appalled at the tightening of restrictions on Chinese news assistants who have been told they will be fined and stripped of accreditations if they conduct independent interviews. The club calls for the scrapping of a new...

FCCC Letter On Premier’s News Conference

The following is a letter from FCCC President Jonathan Watts to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. ————— Attn: Mr. Ma Zhaoxu News Department Director, Ministry of Foreign Affairs Dear Mr. Ma Zhaoxu, On behalf of the Foreign...

FCCC Urges Withdrawal Of Restrictions On HK Journalists

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China is concerned by the rules made public on February 6, 2009 requiring reporters based in Hong Kong and Macau to obtain a permit from the Chinese government prior to every reporting trip to mainland China. The new rules...

FCCC Notes Apology, Partial Redress For Henan Beating

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China notes the steps taken by the authorities in Henan to make amends for the beating of a Belgian TV journalist. Tom van de Weghe of VRT received a letter of apology from the perpetrators and partial compensation for being...