China Fails To Make Olympic Podium On Media Freedom

As the Beijing Olympics draws to a close, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China urges the government to move decisively to make media openness a legacy of the Games. Despite welcome progress in terms of accessibility and the number of press conferences...

FCCC Launches Know Your Rights Campaign

As the 2008 Beijing Games open, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China urges China to make good on its Olympic promise of an open reporting environment, to put a stop to violence against foreign reporters, and to better enforce its own laws and regulations. The...

Detentions Tarnish China’s Free Reporting Pledge

As China enters the year of the Beijing Olympics, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) has identified hot spots where journalists have experienced repeated violations of China’s new reporting regulations. “While the year-old regulations have improved...