Protest slogans rang out as hundreds of people gathered outside a Hong Kong court yesterday in support of 47 pro-democracy activists in the dock, the biggest demonstration the city has seen in months.
China s increasing red lines slammed by foreign media in annual report
Tue, Mar 02 2021 01:25:48 PM
By Ateet Sharma
New Delhi, Mar 2: Media freedom in China deteriorated significantly in 2020 as the Chinese authorities employed more strategies, ramping up surveillance on journalists and sources, both physically and electronically, harassing especially those who were reporting in regions deemed sensitive by the government, including Xinjiang, Tibetan-inhabited areas such as Sichuan or Gansu, Inner Mongolia and Hong Kong.
The Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) said in its annual report that the Chinese authorities sought to restrict reporting on the coronavirus pandemic and used all arms of state power to harass and intimidate journalists as country s propaganda machine struggled to regain control of the narrative around this public health disaster.
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BEIJING (Reuters) - 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 annual report based on 150 responses to a survey of correspondents and interviews with bureau chiefs. All arms of state power - including surveillance systems introduced to curb coronavirus - were used to harass and intimidate journalists, their Chinese colleagues, and those whom the foreign press sought to interview, it said. Authorities cited public health concerns to deny reporters access to sensitive areas and threatened them with enforced quarantine, it added. Visa restrictions were also used to put pressure on reporting. At least 13 correspondents were given press credentials valid for 6 months or less, the FCCC said. Foreign repo