Foreign Correspondents' Club of China
The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCC; Chinese: 驻华外国记者协会) is the professional organization of foreign journalists based in Beijing, China.[1] In July 2018, because FCCC was not officially registered, the Chinese government considered the organization to be an illegal organization.[2][3][4] HistoryThe club was established in 1981 as the Foreign Correspondents Club of Beijing.[5] In January 2019, the FCCC published a report titled “Under Watch: Reporting in China’s Surveillance State” that outlined a significant crackdown on reporting, particularly in Xinjiang.[6] In January 2022, the FCCC published a report outlining how foreign journalists in China were subject to rising intimidation by the Chinese government.[7][3][8] In February 2022, the FCCC condemned treatment of foreign journalists covering the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.[9] These included government interference with interviews and online attacks, along with physical altercations against journalists by security.[10] References
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