China Tightens Leash on Journalists
Posted in: Censorship at 02/03/2011 22:18
China appeared to reinstate some restrictions on foreign journalists that were lifted ahead of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, as the government tried to stifle online activists' calls for a "Jasmine Revolution."
Dozens of foreign reporters have been told by Chinese police officers in the past few days that they require special permission -- or are completely forbidden -- to report from areas of Shanghai and Beijing where activists have called for silent "strolling" protests.
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