For years, Western news organizations had tried to interpret the Chinese government’s position toward critical press coverage, sensing that Beijing would punish journalists for reports it did not like by miring visa requests in bureaucracy, or simply declining them. On Wednesday, that position was stated in unusually blunt language. At a news conference in Beijing alongside President Obama, China’s leader, Xi Jinping, appeared to draw a link between unfavorable coverage and access for reporters, saying that the visa problems of news organizations were of their own making. “When a car breaks down on the road, perhaps we need to step down and see what the problem is,” he said.... nytimes/2014/11/13/world/asia/in-china-blunt-talk-to-reporters-on-access.html
Posted on: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:50:11 +0000
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