Media Freedoms Reports
Media Freedoms Report 2023: ‘Masks Off, Barriers Remain’
April 8, 2024 BEIJING – The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China’s latest working conditions report “Masks Off, Barriers Remain” describes another challenging year for international media in 2023. Difficulties persisted in spite of an improved reporting environment...
Media Freedoms Report 2022: ‘Zero Covid, Many Controls: Covering China in 2022’
BEIJING, China March 1, 2023 – The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China’s latest working condition report summarizes yet another tough and draining year in 2022. Heightened Covid controls throughout the year strangled the remaining coverage plans of many...
Media Freedoms Report 2021: ‘Locked Down or Kicked Out’
January 31, 2022 – The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China’s (FCCC) latest working conditions report finds the foreign press corps is facing unprecedented hurdles covering China as a result of the government’s efforts to block...
Media Freedoms Report 2020: ‘Track, Trace, Expel: Reporting on China Amid a Pandemic’
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) has published its annual media freedoms report, 'Track, Trace, Expel: Reporting on China Amid a Pandemic'. For the third consecutive year, not a single correspondent surveyed for the report said conditions improved....
Media Freedoms Report 2019: ‘Control, Halt, Delete: Reporting Under Threat of Expulsion’
The Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) has published its annual media freedoms report, “Control, Halt, Delete…
FCCC Report Gains Media Buzz
The recently released FCCC report on working conditions for foreign journalists in China drew widespread attention from media outlets, government officials and social media followers, indicating a high level of international support behind the club's work to improve...
FCCC Working Conditions Report 2018
Under Watch: FCCC Annual Working Conditions Report 2018 BEIJING (Jan. 29, 2019) -- Rapidly expanding surveillance and widespread government interference against reporting in the country’s far northwestern region of Xinjiang drove a significant deterioration in the...
FCCC Working Conditions Report 2017
FCCC Annual Working Conditions Report 2017 and Board Statement BEIJING (Jan. 30, 2018) -- The Chinese government has intensified its attempts to deny or restrict the access of foreign journalists to large parts of the country while increasing the use of the visa...
2016 FCCC Visa Survey
FCCC Visa Survey 2016 Introduction China is demanding interviews with large numbers of foreign journalists before extending their visa credentials, a worrisome new tactic to apply pressure for more favorable coverage. Such interviews appear to have become an...
FCCC Annual Working Conditions Report 2016
The reporting environment for foreign journalists is proving hostile for yet another year in China - a situation that correspondents judge to be distant from basic international standards. Intimidation of sources and local staff, growing harassment and obstruction are...