German TV crew kicked out of Qinghai

September 29th 2014 Qinghai A German TV crew filmed a travelogue, a bicycle trip through Qinghai, roughly from the Qinghai Lake to Mount Anemaqen. When the crew checked in to a small hotel in Dongchuan (Menyuan county, Haibei prefecture, Qinghai province) the hotel...

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...

Dutch TV Barred From “Open” Tibetan Area In Qinghai

LOCATION: Qinghai Province, Qinghai lake road to Golmud, Daotanghe Zhen TYPE OF INCIDENT: Denied access to “open” area of China REPORTING TOPIC: Tibet one year after March 14, 2008 riots REPORTER/ORGANIZATION: Marijev Vlaskamp, RTL Netherlands QUOTE:...

Kyodo Reporter Forced To Leave Two Tibetan Areas

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...