China instructs foreign journalists to take care of laws
March 07, 2011
Source: Bhaskar Jha
By: Media Mughals
China on Monday suggested foreign journalists to stick to laws and be careful while reporting activities in the country. Recently DPA(Deutsche Presse-Agentur) reported that police in Shanghai detained at least 15 foreign journalists who were trying to report a weekly anti-government "strolling" protest.
Further, the report added that a Bloomberg journalist was allegedly beaten as he tried to film at a protest site in Beijing's Wangfujing shopping street. Reportedly, Police in Shanghai and Beijing took at least 16 journalists in custody, including a DPA reporter, to prevent them from reporting anti-government protests in the two cities.
However, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, denied such reports and said that the Chinese people had a joyful Lunar New Year and Lantern Festival. Now they have engaged themselves with work and have been focused in pursuing domestic development. |