Mar 17, 2008
Five policemen entered a hotel room in Tongren, Qinghai province where a Kyodo News reporter was staying at around 1:30 a.m. and demanded to see his identification papers. Local foreign affairs officials later told the reporter to leave the area because it was...
Mar 16, 2008
Police turned back a correspondent for U.S. National Public Radio who was seeking to reach Xiahe, Gansu province. The correspondent was first stopped at a checkpoint about 50 kilometers outside of Lanzhou. The reporter took a back road, and was turned back again at a...
Mar 16, 2008
Police stopped correspondents from Britain’s ITV News at a toll both an hour outside of the monastery town of Xiahe, Gansu province, took details from their passports, and told them to leave. A plainclothes policeman filmed the reporters. Authorities also...
Mar 16, 2008
Police stopped Belgian Public Broadcaster’s (VRT) correspondent, cameraman, assistant and Chinese driver at a roadblock on the way from Lanzhou to Xiahe in Gansu province. Police told the reporting team to show their IDs and press cards and questioned them. The...
Mar 13, 2008
Authorities barred a U.S. film crew from using e-mail or leaving its hotel, and abruptly terminated its plans to continue filming at Labrang Monastery in Xiahe, Gansu province. Authorities also ordered the eight-member crew not to talk about the police in riot gear...
