China Archives - Page 2 of 3 - Committee to Protect Journalists

World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus delivers a speech at the World Health Assembly, an annual meeting with health representatives, on May 21, 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. The World Health Organization blocked Taiwanese media outlets from attending the assembly. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP)

World Health Organization blocks Taiwanese outlets from attending annual assembly

May 25, 2018 1:46 PM EDT

Taipei, May 25, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply troubled by the World Health Organization’s decision to deny Taiwanese media outlets press accreditation to its annual decision-making function, the World Health Assembly, which started on May 21.

Models of residential buildings at a sales center in Henan province, China in September 2016. A television crew was assaulted in Kaifeng City in Henan province while reporting on a real estate dispute, according to reports. (Reuters/Yawen Chen)

Two Chinese journalists attacked in Henan Province

May 18, 2018 2:39 PM EDT

Assailants on May 13, 2018, attacked Hu Xiaoli and Yu Tao, the host and cameraperson, respectively, of a local television show, “Xiaoli’s Here to Help,” as they were filming for a story about a real estate dispute in Henan province’s Kaifeng City, according to the state-owned news website China News Service and the Weibo account…

Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China in December 2017. Security forces in Beijing on May 16, 2018, detained Chui Chun-ming, a cameraperson for the Hong Kong broadcaster Now TV, according to reports. (Reuters/ Stringer)

Chinese police detain Hong Kong journalist

May 16, 2018 12:35 PM EDT

Taipei, May 16, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Chinese authorities to stop harassing and detaining journalists and to explain why they detained and injured a cameraperson reporting on a human rights lawyer’s court hearing.

A memorial event in Sichuan, China, on May 12, 2018, to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the province's 2008 earthquake. (Reuters/Stringer)

Hong Kong journalist beaten covering 10-year anniversary of Sichuan earthquake

May 15, 2018 10:29 AM EDT

Taipei, May 15, 2018–Chinese authorities must investigate and bring to justice those responsible for an attack on i-Cable TV reporter Chan Ho-fai in Sichuan Province, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

A dairy cow at a farm on the outskirts of Hohhot, in February 2012. A farmer is jailed after publishing an article alleging corruption at a large dairy company. (Reuters/Carlos Barria)

Police in China arrest farmer over article alleging corruption at Yili Group

May 9, 2018 11:13 AM EDT

Taipei, May 9, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on Chinese authorities to immediately release Guo Yuzhen, a dairy farmer in Shanxi province whom police detained after she wrote an article alleging that one of the country’s largest dairy producers exploited farmers.

A Chinese flag flutters in Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China in December 2017. Police from Inner Mongolia arrested journalist Zou Guangxiang at his Beijing home on March 28, 2018, according to news reports. (Reuters/ Stringer)

China arrests journalist for ‘spreading rumors’ after he reported on Yili Group

April 6, 2018 3:54 PM EDT

Taipei, April 6, 2018–Chinese authorities should immediately release from custody journalist Zou Guangxiang and stop harassing the media for doing its job, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Canine patrol security staff run during a daily training session at the Forbidden City in central Beijing, China in February 2018. Chinese authorities released freelance journalist Qi Chonghuai from prison in Shandong province on February 13, 2018, after he served over 10 years, according to reports. (Reuters/Jason Lee)

Chinese journalist released from prison

April 3, 2018 11:25 AM EDT

Chinese authorities released freelance journalist Qi Chonghuai from prison in Shandong province on February 13, 2018, after he served over 10 years, according to Radio Free Asia.

A TV screen shows Chinese President Xi Jinping delivering a speech at the closing session of the annual National People's Congress in Beijing on March 20. China's censors last month removed from social media any words suggesting Xi is seeking a life term. (AP/Andy Wong)

Censorship, surveillance, and harassment: China cracks down on critics

March 20, 2018 11:39 AM EDT

Hours after the Chinese Communist Party proposed a constitutional change last month to lift presidential term limits, any words or phrases that remotely suggested President Xi Jingping was seeking a life term were blocked from social media. Censors targeted everything from “Emperor Xi,” “The Emperor’s Dream,” and “Dream of Returning to the Great Qing,” to…

Delegates attend a plenary session of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Beijing in March 2018. Police in the city briefly detained a RFI reporter who was interviewing people about a vote on China's constitutional reform. (Reuters/Thomas Peter)

Chinese authorities briefly detain RFI correspondent in Beijing

March 16, 2018 10:55 AM EDT

Police in Beijing detained French journalist Heike Schmidt, the China correspondent for the French Foreign Ministry-funded outlet, Radio France Internationale, for about an hour on March 9, 2018, and confiscated her tape recorder, according to the journalist’s outlet.

A poster in Khom, a village in China's Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, shows President Xi Jinping chatting with Xinjiang minority people. Authorities have detained several relatives of RFA Uighur service journalists in recent months. (Reuters/Jason Lee)

China detains relatives of RFA Uighur service journalists

February 28, 2018 2:46 PM EST

Taipei, February 28, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today said it is alarmed by news that Chinese authorities have detained at least nine relatives of four U.S.-based journalists for Radio Free Asia’s Uighur service.