Foreign press in China say travel to Tibet remains restricted
April 27, 2016 12:11 PM ET
While foreign media outlets were granted some limited access to the Tibet Autonomous Region in 2015, China still rejected roughly three-quarters of the reporters who sought permission to visit last year, according to a new survey by the Foreign Correspondents...
Conditions increasingly restrictive for foreign correspondents in China
September 12, 2014 3:52 PM ET
When China hosted the summer Olympics in 2008 it promised greater press freedom, but six years later conditions for international journalists are increasingly more restrictive, as evidenced by a report released today by the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China....
China puts Tibetan writer and husband under house arrest amid Kerry visit
July 9, 2014 3:29 PM ET
New York, July 9, 2014--Chinese authorities should immediately release two writers who have been placed under house arrest in Beijing, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The move comes as China hosts U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry....
CPJ welcomes release of Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen in China
June 5, 2014 12:41 PM ET
New York, June 5, 2014--The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes the release today of Tibetan documentary filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen, who was jailed in China in 2008 for shooting the film, "Leaving Fear Behind," which documents conditions faced by Tibetans under...
An open plea: Xi and Obama can accomplish one thing
June 6, 2013 12:25 PM ET
Dear President Xi and President Obama, You will both have received many public and private letters of advice prior to your meeting on Friday and Saturday in California. They will urge you to take up specific issues ranging from military...
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....
Jailed Tibetan filmmaker shifted to better conditions
January 22, 2013 2:49 PM ET
Some news which appears to be good from China, and some that isn't: Tibetan filmmaker Dhondup Wangchen has been moved to a women's prison where conditions are not as harsh, according to his friends and associates at the Switzerland based...