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China Using Coercive Means to Control Foreign Journalists Reporting on Winter Olympics: Report

February 7, 2022
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the world’s largest federation of journalists’ unions, said in a new report that China uses a wide range of coercive means to control coverage of Chinese affairs by foreign journalists in China, and it could harm China’s own international image. The report, published when Beijing is hosting the 2022…

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China Using Coercive Means to Control Foreign Journalists Reporting on Winter Olympics, International Federation of Journalists Latest Report

February 7, 2022
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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the world’s largest federation of journalists’ unions, said in a new report that China uses a wide range of coercive means to control coverage of Chinese affairs by foreign journalists in China, and it could harm China’s own international image. The report, published when Beijing is hosting the 2022…

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EU, UK Voice Concerns After BBC, RTE Correspondents Forced to Leave China

April 2, 2021
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The European Union and the UK on Friday voiced their concerns over media freedom in China after two journalists working for British and Irish broadcasters were forced to leave the country late last month. The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth and his wife, Yvonne Murray, the China correspondent of the Irish broadcaster RTE, left China…

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Foreign Journalists in China See ‘Rapid Decline in Media Freedom’: Survey

March 1, 2021
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BEIJING—China used coronavirus prevention measures, intimidation, and visa curbs to limit foreign reporting in 2020, ushering in a “rapid decline in media freedom,” the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) said on Monday. For the third year in a row, no journalists told the group that working conditions had improved, the FCCC said in an…

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