CPJ calls on IOC to ensure press freedom at 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing
July 31, 2015 6:54 AM ET
New York, July 31, 2015--The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the decision to award the 2022 Winter Olympic Games to Beijing and calls on the International Olympic Committee to ensure that journalists are able to freely cover all...
Business as usual under new Chinese leadership
May 2, 2013 1:20 PM ET
Almost two months have passed since President Xi Jinping took office. Despite expectations for greater transparency, Beijing continues to try to suppress information on a broad range of issues from human rights to public health....
China ducks questions about Al-Jazeera expulsion
May 8, 2012 5:50 PM ET
"The Beijing branch of Al-Jazeera is still functioning normally." This was not an auspicious reaction to the news that Al-Jazeera English has closed its Beijing bureau after being refused journalist visas. Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesman Hong Lei's responses...