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The Foreign Correspondents Club of China, which has several hundred members here in Beijing, just weighed in with the following statement about today's trip to Tibet for a select group of foreign reporters. MAR. 26, 2008 -- Chinese authorities have... ...full story at Tim Johnson

from Tim Johnson on Wed, Mar 26 2008

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25 Mar 08		An organized trip to Tibet » Tim Johnson This just in: The Chinese Foreign Ministry has picked a select group of foreign correspondents to travel to Tibet Wednesday to see the damage done during violent protests March 14. I heard about this a few hours ago, and am...
22 Nov 07		Foreign correspondents roughed up » Shanghaiist This is not news the government wants to hear in the run-up to the Olympics, but here's a statement that the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents Club of China (FCCC) just sent out (h/t to the Peking Duck):Dear Members, Recently some foreign...
21 Nov 07		Reporters in China, watch out » Peking Duck This just out from the Foreign Correspondents Club: Dear Members, Recently some foreign correspondents have been detained, harassed and physically roughed up -- two incidents Tuesday alone. The FCCC board thought you'd want to hear about what happened....
13 Aug 08		Journalists Protest After Correspondent’s Detention » China Journal The Foreign Correspondents Club of China is demanding an apology from Chinese authorities, who they say roughed up and detained a British journalist after he covered a Free Tibet protest close to the main Olympic zone. According to a statement by the...
23 Jun 08		Tibet in translation » James Reynolds It is the final day of our government-led tour of Tibet's capital Lhasa. I'm in a group of about 40 foreign journalists invited into Tibet on a trip to cover the Olympic torch relay. We're the first foreign reporters China has allowed into the capital,...

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