Reporting conditions for foreign correspondents in China have improved since end of Covid restrictions

The central business district of Beijing, China. The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China's annual Media Freedoms Report found that most foreign journalists believed the authorities were monitoring their electronic communications. Photograph: EPA Reporting conditions for foreign correspondents in China have improved since the end of zero-Covid restrictions but obstruction and harassment remains widespread, according to a new report. Four out of five correspondents said they experienced interference, harassment or violence during the course of their work last year, and more than half were obstructed by police at least once. The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China's (FCCC) annual Media Freedoms Report…