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During the run-up to the 16th Communist Party Congress, which was held in November and marked the first orderly transfer of power in the party’s history, China’s leaders used the national media to launch a propaganda blitz reminiscent of Chairman Mao’s days. Throughout 2002, officials issued strict new guidelines to prevent any independent report- ing…

Memorandum on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s National Security (Legislative Provisions) Bill proposing legislation to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law Submitted to the Security Bureau by the Committee to Protect Journalists February 20, 2003 The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) issues this memorandum in response to the National Security (Legislative Provisions)…

December 9, 2002 Comments on the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government’s Consultation Document on proposals to implement Article 23 of the Basic Law* Submitted to the Security Bureau by the Committee to Protect Journalists The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) submits this memorandum in response to the Consultation Document dated September 24, 2002 released…

Remarks Presented Before the Congressional-Executive Committee on China By Kavita Menon June 24, 2002 Thank you for inviting the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) to participate in this round-table discussion about media freedom in China. CPJ has been monitoring press freedom conditions in China, and around the world, for more than 20 years. The organization…

Conditions for the heavily-controlled Chinese press worsened dramatically in 1999 as a broad clampdown on dissent and free expression led to fresh arrests of journalists, massive propaganda campaigns and systematic efforts by the secret police to monitor and control the Internet. Eleven journalists were arrested in 1999, bringing the total number of journalists in prison…