are deemed sensitive, you know, you will be met by the police or the secret service and you ll be harassed by the local authorities who will tell you you don t have permission to be in the region. which isn t true. we do have permission to be anywhere in china except tibet, where we are forbidden to go. and that includes not just blocking our work, but also blocking the work of our chinese colleagues. china claims it only expelled american journalists after expulsions from the usa. the wall streetjournal team has been down to just four after ten were expelled in the last two years. it s never been easy to be a foreign correspondent in china, but over the last year or so, it s gotten much more difficult. part of that, of course, is the coronavirus. it s difficult everywhere, but especially in china. we feel so much more pressure here from the authorities, and from the public, and from the media here in terms of what we write and how we report on china. a report from the foreign corres
uyghur muslims in xinjiang province, but were particularly angry about reports that have led to an international outcry and won awards. we are constantly followed and turned back at makeshift barriers and roadblocks. the bbc team in beijing often face hostility. filming around the country is often difficult, with a heavy state presence never far away. when i arrived in china about four years ago. the new york times bureau chief has been doing hisjob from seoul, having been thrown out at a few days notice. if you re covering topics that are deemed sensitive, you know, you will be met by the police or the secret service and you ll be harassed by the local authorities who will tell you you don t have permission to be in the region. which isn t true. we do have permission to be anywhere in china except tibet, where we are forbidden to go. and that includes not just blocking our work, but also blocking the work of our chinese colleagues. china claims it only expelled
the bbc team in beijing often face hostility. filming around the country is often difficult, with a heavy state presence never far away. when i arrived in china about four years ago. the new york times bureau chief has been doing hisjob from seoul, having been thrown out at a few days notice. if you re covering topics that are deemed sensitive, you know, you will be met by the police or the secret service and you ll be harassed by the local authorities who will tell you you don t have permission to be in the region. which isn t true. we do have permission to be anywhere in china except tibet, where we are forbidden to go. and that includes not just blocking our work, but also blocking the work of our chinese colleagues. china claims it only expelled american journalists after expulsions from the usa. the wall streetjournal team has been down to just four after ten were expelled in the last two years. it s never been easy to be a foreign correspondent in china, but over the last year
who will tell you you don t have permission to be in the region. which isn t true. we do have permission to be anywhere in china except tibet, where we are forbidden to go. and that includes not just blocking our work, but also blocking the work of our chinese colleagues. china claims it only expelled american journalists after expulsions from the usa. the wall streetjournal team has been down to just four after ten were expelled in the last two years. it s never been easy to be a foreign correspondent in china, but over the last year or so, it s gotten much more difficult. part of that, of course, is the coronavirus. it s difficult everywhere, but especially in china. we feel so much more pressure here from the authorities, and from the public, and from the media here in terms of what we write and how we report on china. a report from the foreign correspondents club of china argue journalists faced growing harassment, weaponising of visas and seeing their work distorted, misreprese
or the secret service and you ll be harassed by the local authorities who will tell you you don t have permission to be in the region. which isn t true. we do have permission to be anywhere in china except tibet, where we are forbidden to go. and that includes not just blocking our work, but also blocking the work of our chinese colleagues. china claims it only expelled american journalists after expulsions from the usa. the wall streetjournal team has been down to just four after ten were expelled in the last two years. it s never been easy to be a foreign correspondent in china, but over the last year or so, it s gotten much more difficult. part of that, of course, is the coronavirus. it s difficult everywhere, but especially in china. we feel so much more pressure here from the authorities, and from the public, and from the media here in terms of what we write and how we report on china. a report from the foreign correspondents club of china argue journalists faced growing harass