Press freedom in China reached a record low during the pandemic, according to a new survey. China’s dismal status when it comes to freedom to report raises concerns about citizen journalists who are in the cross hairs of the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP).
In its 2023 World Press Freedom Index, released on May 3, Reporters Without Borders indicated that China scored the second lowest out of 180 countries and territories worldwide. Only North Korea scored lower.
May 3 was World Press Freedom Day, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly in 1993. The right to freedom of expression “is a prerequisite and a driver to the enjoyment of all other human rights,” as stated in the U.N.’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights….