Foreign journalists in China restricted and tracked in 2022

Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2023

Foreign media in China endured strict Covid controls, widespread harassment and constant surveillance in 2022, a press group said Wednesday. Nearly half of foreign journalists in the country were ordered to leave a place or denied access on health and safety grounds last year despite presenting "no health risk by China's own standards", the Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC) said i