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...

US Reporters Covering Tibetan Unrest Manhandled In Gansu

LOCATION: Gansu Province, Maqu County TYPE OF INCIDENT: Manhandling, detention, intimidation TOPIC: Tibetan unrest NATIONALITY/ORGANIZATION: New York Times, United States QUOTE: “Li suddenly exploded in rage and hit my right arm as I took his photo. The blow...

Gansu Police Block Dutch Journalist From Reporting

Police in Gansu tailed Dutch journalist Hans Moleman of Volkskrant newspaper and a Tibetan-speaking interpreter, insisting on the first day that he check out of his hotel in Xiahe because foreigners were not allowed to stay there. On the second day, police followed...

Gansu Police Block Guardian Reporter From Protest Area

Police turned back a reporter from Britain’s The Guardian after he drove over a mountain pass to enter an Linxia, Gansu province, an area near the border between with Sichuan where protests had taken place. Reporter Jonathan Watts said an English-speaking...

Gansu Police Detain TV Crew Outside Monastery Town

Police detained a Finnish Broadcasting Co. correspondent and cameraman outside the monastery town of Xiahe in Gansu province and threatened to confiscate their footage. The team arrived in Xiahe on March 15, and was trying to leave when law enforcement officers...