Foreign Journalists In China Face 'unprecedented Hurdles', Says Report NewsOpener


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Foreign journalists in China face “unprecedented hurdles” as media freedom declines at “breakneck speed”, a new report has said, just as Beijing prepares to host the Winter Olympics. Ninety-nine per cent of journalists responding to an annual Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China survey said that “reporting conditions did not meet what they considered to be international standards”. China’s foreign ministry spokesperson has previously said that the organisation representing foreign journalists was “illegal”. The journalists said that COVID-19 has often been used by authorities to block them from reporting or to delay the approval of visas for foreign journalists. More than...