Suspicious “visits” to private apartment

Beijing, 15.10.2014 After coming home from a working trip to Hong Kong all windows of my apartment were open. While I was in Hong Kong the management company of my compound called me. They wanted to enter my apartment to check my smoke detector. I replied that nothing...

AP Team harassed while reporting on Beijing Film Festival

August 27, 2014 Beijing, Songzhuang When the AP TV team approached the festival venue, they were stopped by two police officers. They were asked for their passports and told to stop filming. About two dozend “thugs” (40 to 50-year-old men who pretended to be from the...

Incident report: Beijing

Two reporters from The Associated Press were covering a temple visit by family members of passengers of the missing Malaysia Airlines flight 370 in the Western Hills Park in western Beijing on June 12 when they encountered police interference and damage to their...

Foreign Correspondents Club of China Year-end Statement

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...