China Takes Aim at ‘Illegal’ Club for Foreign Correspondents
China slammed a Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) as an “illegal organization,” broadening its attack on journalists whose reports differ from the government’s official line. While Beijing has long described the FCCC as illegal, the rebuke as a whole was longer and more detailed than in the past.
The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth recently left Beijing for Taipei. That followed criticism from the government over the broadcaster’s recent coverage. The BBC News Press Team said in a statement that his reporting “exposed truths the Chinese authorities did not want the world to know.”
The Communist Party-backed Global Times characterized Sudworth’s work as biased.
Source: Bloomberg #Apr01
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-01/china-takes-aim-at-illegal-club-for-foreign-correspondents
#China #FCCC #ForeignMediaThreatChina #China #BBC
China slammed a Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) as an “illegal organization,” broadening its attack on journalists whose reports differ from the government’s official line. While Beijing has long described the FCCC as illegal, the rebuke as a whole was longer and more detailed than in the past.
The BBC’s China correspondent John Sudworth recently left Beijing for Taipei. That followed criticism from the government over the broadcaster’s recent coverage. The BBC News Press Team said in a statement that his reporting “exposed truths the Chinese authorities did not want the world to know.”
The Communist Party-backed Global Times characterized Sudworth’s work as biased.
Source: Bloomberg #Apr01
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-04-01/china-takes-aim-at-illegal-club-for-foreign-correspondents
#China #FCCC #ForeignMediaThreatChina #China #BBC