Yang Jiechi

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Alerts | China, USA

Clinton must speak up for international press in China

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jieche greets U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Beijing. (AFP/Jim Watson)

New York, September 4, 2012--U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should press Chinese officials in meetings this week to allow international journalists based in China greater access to news events and fewer restrictions of their coverage, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. 

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September 4, 2012 2:34 PM ET |
Tags: Al-Jazeera, Attacked, Bloomberg, Censored, Detained, Harassed, Hillary Clinton, Hu Jintao, Melissa Chan, Xi Jinping, Yang Jiechi
Blog | China

Mideast protests a red flag to Chinese censors

By Robert Mahoney/CPJ Deputy Director
A Chinese policeman checks the identity of a foreign journalist, right, near the Xidan shopping district, a designated a demonstration site in an Internet call for protests in Beijing on Sunday. (AP)
Working to defend press freedom, I take it that I've hit the mark when I get censored. So I smiled today when I got an e-mail from a friend in China who said he was in the gym watching breakfast television when my face came up on CNN. I opened my mouth and the screen went blank. Chinese censors are nothing if not quick.

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March 8, 2011 3:39 PM ET | | Comments (1)
Tags: Censored, CNN, Jasmine Revolution, Yang Jiechi

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