Foreign journalists covering the aftermath of flooding in central China’s Henan Province have been harassed by angry groups who’ve been encouraged by the communist authorities. Foreign journalists working for international outlets—such as Los Angeles Times, the BBC, Deutsche Welle, and AFP—have been harassed while covering the flooding’s aftermath. Last week, 12 million people in the city experienced heavy rainfall for three days—the equivalent of a year’s average rainfall. A third of the rain fell on the afternoon of July 20. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has been censoring information about the flood and restricting foreigners acting for non-state media in their disaster reporting. The CCP has warned Chinese netizens and locals not to spread “rumors” about the flood. In one instance of intimidation against foreign reporters, Mathias Boelinger, who works for German news outlets, including Deutsche Welle, along with Los Angeles Times’ Alice Su, were both confronted while conducting interviews in …