Other major titles, including the new york times, increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside china s borders. And steve vines, the observer s man in hong kong since the 1980s said this week that it was no longer safe for him to be there and has decided to come back to the uk. So what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. I mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. Sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. Cedric alviani is head of the east asia bureau for reporters without borders and isjoining us from taiwan. Amy qin is china correspondent for the new york times, based in beijing, now works in taiwan, she is on the line from california. And meera selva, deputy director of the reuters institute at oxford university. Welcome to all of you, thank you for being a pa
Now on bbc news, the media show. Hello. This week we are asking how hard is it to report on the ground in china and tell the story of that country to the wider world? journalists covering the fatal floods, which included those terrifying scenes from the underground train as it filled up with water, found that their presence was not always welcome. Other major titles, including the new york times, increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside china s borders. And steve vines, the observer s man in hong kong since the 19805 said this week that it was no longer safe for him to be there and has decided to come back to the uk. So what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. I mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. Sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. Cedric alviani
Hello. This week we are asking how hard is it to report on the ground in china and tell the story of that country to the wider world? journalists covering the fatal floods, which included those terrifying scenes from the underground train as it filled up with water, found that their presence was not always welcome. Other major titles, including the new york times, increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside china s borders. And steve vines, the observer s man in hong kong since the 1980s said this week that it was no longer safe for him to be there and has decided to come back to the uk. So what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. I mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. Sha hua is a correspondent for the wall streetjournal based in hong kong. Cedric alviani is head of the east asia bureau
At 10 o clock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the day s news. First, the media show. Hello. This week we are asking how hard is it to report on the ground in china and tell the story of that country to the wider world? journalists covering the fatal floods, which included those terrifying scenes from the underground train as it filled up with water, found that their presence was not always welcome. Other major titles, including the new york times, increasingly have to rely on stringers as their own reporters are working outside china s borders. And steve vines, the observer s man in hong kong since the 19805 said this week that it was no longer safe for him to be there and has decided to come back to the uk. So what is the situation forjournalists in china and for those trying to cover the country from afar? let me introduce you to my guests. I mentioned steve vines, he is one of them, former china correspondent for the observer, now back in the uk. Sha hua is a corr
Football now is coming home with england facing denmark at wembley on wednesday night. A military transport plane has crashed in the philippines, killing at least 45 people. Greece, italy and israel send planes to cyprus to tackle a fatal wildfire on its south coast. Now on bbc news a huge nationwide propaganda effort has been underway in china as the ruling communist party marked its centenary. In this special programme, john sudworth and bbc correspondents across the region have been exploring the changes seen in china over the past 100 years. ? china s ruling communist party has been celebrating the 100th anniversary of its founding with a massive nationwide propaganda campaign. It is, of course, a selective remembering with the periodic bouts of chaos and violence that have marred one party rule conveniently expunged from the record. I am reporting from here in taipei having been forced to leave beijing as a result of pressure from the chinese authorities over my reporting. Itsel