virtualreview

china: news and opinion

Outcast in the tribe of bribable scribes

ABOVE: Reporters keep a safe distance from sources in the Taiwan foreign ministry.This photo is about all I won from the Taiwan Ministry of Foreign Affairs spring festival reception for journalists in early February.One guy from a competing foreign news... ...full story at Laowiseass

from Laowiseass on Sun, Feb 17 2008

see also:

14 May 08 visit CCTV-9: No foreign casualties, No appeal for foreign aid yet  »  YouTube videoNo foreign casualties reported so far WATCH VIDEO Source: CCTV.com | 05-14-2008 10:09 Special Report: Strong quake jolts SW China The Foreign Ministry says China welcomes the international community's goodwill and support. It also says it has no...
26 Jan 08 visit Foreign news organizations in China total 374 by end of 2007  »  People's Daily More than 700 journalists from 374 news organizations from 54 foreign countries were covering China by the end of last year, said Liu Jianchao, spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and head of the MFA Information Department, ...
18 Jun 09 visit Quote of the Day: Qin Gang (秦刚), Foreign Ministry spokesman  »  Shanghaiist 我想提醒你的 ,这里是外交部的新 发布厅,不是讨论同性恋问题的场所。What I'd like to remind you is this.This is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs press conferenceand not a forum for the discussion of gay issues. —...
22 Jun 09 visit Foreign journalists visit Lhasa  »  People's Daily A 17-member delegation of foreign journalists completed a four-day journey to Lhasa, capital of Tibet Autonomous Region in southwest China. The tour was organized by the Information Department of Foreign Ministry. During their stay in...
18 Dec 08 visit Newsflash: Foreign affairs spokesman Liu Jianchao has a sense of humour  »  Shanghaiist Scene at yesterday's press conference at the Foreign Ministry according to Reuters [h/t to Imagethief]:[Foreign Ministry spokesman] Liu Jianchao was asked what he thought of Sunday's incident, when the television journalist also called the American leader...
18 Feb 09 visit Ministry: foreign investment favors mid-west China  »  People's Daily Statistics released by China's Ministry of Commerce on February 16, 2009, showed that foreign direct investment had been flowing much faster into the middle and western areas of China that the rest of the country. Last year, foreign investment reached...

« Today's Stories