freedom of the press

News

People’s Republic of China Expels Al-Jazeera

May 8, 2012
Al Jazeera
Asia
China
Chinese Communist Party
Chinese media
Chinese news media
Emirates
Foreign Correspondents' Club of China
Foreign Direct Investment
freedom of speech
freedom of the press
gulags
journalism
journalistic freedom
journalists
People's Republic of China
political re-education
PRC
Qatar
state controlled media

The Emirates-based Al-Jazeera satellite television news network was expelled from China yesterday, May 7, after Beijing refused to renew the press credentials for correspondent Melissa Chan, a normally routine process. Such an action represents the first time in over 14 years that Beijing has refused to renew press credentials for a foreign network. Though no […]