Foreign Journalists in China Face Official Obstruction, Expulsions, and Visa Delays
“I got a call from one foreign media outlet today, and I told them it was inconvenient,” she said, in a reference to a euphemism often used by activists to indicate they are under surveillance or political pressure.
Zambia Extradites Chinese Children Exploiter to Malawi
“Because we feel like this is one of those things we had in our petition, what we wanted, and we got that. We truly hope that this extradition and the arrest will lead to something big like the prosecution in our courts and finally those victims will be able to get the justice they deserve,” she said.
French Mural of Former Uyghur Detainee Spreads News of Chinese Abuses in Xinjiang
China has held up to 1.8 million Uyghurs and others in the camps since 2017, while dismissing widely documented evidence of the internment program, including testimony from former detainees and guards describing widespread in interviews with RFA and other media outlets.
China Bans BBC Broadcasts in Move Seen as Warning to Journalists Over Xinjiang
In a possible reference to the BBC’s recent interviews with Uyghur women detailing rape and sexual assault in Xinjiang’s mass internment camps, the agency said reporting by the BBC had “violated the requirement that its reporting be truthful and fair, harmed China’s national interests and undermined China’s national unity.”
WeChat: A Tool of Authoritarian Control?
VISION TIMES “This WeChat account has been suspected of spreading malicious rumors and has been temporarily blocked…” is the message BBC reporter Stephen McDonell received earlier this year, after posting photos of a live event on his WeChat account. No commentary. Just a few shots of Hongkongers commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Tiananmen Massacre […]
Press Freedom Continues to Face Setbacks in China
Bill Hide and Joyce Huang | Voice of America BEIJING — The hope for press freedom has long been an elusive aspiration in China, and the outlook has become increasingly dire under the tight rule of Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Over the past year, Chinese authorities have stepped up the use of technology and intensified efforts […]
China’s Viral Eye-Rolling Reporter Incident Reveals a Darker Secret
Sunny Chao | Epoch Times Caught on state television, a Chinese reporter rolled her eyes during a press conference for the Chinese regime’s very predictable, mostly ceremonial rubber-stamp legislature sessions. She instantly became an internet sensation in China. The incident also inadvertently revealed how the regime handpicks so-called “foreign journalists” to attend its press events, who […]
How the US Could Win a Trade War With China
Valentin Schmid | Epoch Times US can find a solution for most vulnerabilities, China cannot Donald Trump talks tough on China and has appointed trade hawks Wilbur Ross and Peter Navarro to key positions in his administration. He has threatened to slap a blanket tariff on Chinese goods and talked directly to Taiwan’s President, previously regarded […]
The World According to a CCTV Journalist Based in London
Yaxue Cao | ChinaChange This article was first published in China Change web site on November 27, 2016 Ms. Liu Huizhen is a villager in the District of Fangshan, on the southwestern outskirts of Beijing. She’s a victim of forced demolition who fought hard to preserve her property but lost it anyway. This year, she […]
Screens go blank as Hong Kong election news censored in China
Chantal Yuen | Hong Kong Free Press According to Aljazeera news: “Official results for most constituencies show that pro-democracy candidates have won at least 27 seats – three more than required for the power to block attempts by the Hong Kong government to enact unpopular or controversial legislation.” As Hong Kong is heading to the polls in […]