SWAT team interfered reporting

May 18, 2015, Linshui, Sichuan “A peaceful protest of local residence ended in a violent confrontation between police and demonstrators. The local government had allowed Al Jazeera to report on the town’s return to normality. As I was recording a statement...

China detains assistant from Japanese newspaper

Chinese police have detained an assistant working for a Japanese newspaper in Chongqing. The assistant was apparently held in relation with a human rights lawyer who was detained after attending a meeting on the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident.

The Japanese business...

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...

FCCC Statement on Reporting in Western Sichuan

The Chinese authorities have set up a massive security cordon in an attempt to prevent journalists from entering Tibetan areas in Western Sichuan Province where major unrest – including killings and self-immolations – has been reported. The FCCC considers this a clear...

Reporter Shadowed by Officials During Sichuan Quake Reporting

The week of June 7, Marianne Barriaux of Agence France Press encountered interference while reporting in the Sichuan earthquake zone. After registering with Dujiangyan officials, she was granted access. Barriaux was working on a story about mothers who had and tried...