HONG KONG, Aug 6 — Hong Kong’s foreign press club said Thursday that reporters in the territory were experiencing “highly unusual” visas problems, and called on China and the United States to stop using the media as a political weapon. Journalists have been caught up in spiralling US-China...
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Journalists have been caught up in spiralling US-China tensions, with both sides placing limits or expelling reporters from their territories in recent months. “The delays have affected journalists of multiple nationalities and in some cases have prevented journalists from working,” the FCCHK said. On the authoritarian Chinese mainland, where the press is heavily censored, foreign journalists must apply for specific visas and face routine harassment.China promised key liberties and autonomy to Hong Kong ahead of Britain’s handover, and the city has free press protections enshrined in law, something that has helped it become a regional media hub.
Last month the New York Times was the first to go public with its difficulties, announcing it would relocate some of its Asia hub to South Korea after multiple delays and at least one outright rejection.The Trump administration placed visa and headcount restrictions on some Chinese media in the US, all of whom are state-controlled.
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