Journalists in China face ‘nightmare’ worthy of Mao era, press freedom group says

Posted 2021-12-08, The Guardian Headlines

Photo: AP / Mark Schiefelbein

Reporters Without Borders calls increasing media oppression in China a ‘great leap backwards’ and says Hong Kong journalism is ‘in freefall’ Xi Jinping has created a “nightmare” of media oppression worthy of the Mao era, and Hong Kong’s journalism is in “freefall”, according to Reporters Without... read full story

"freely accessing information has become a crime and to provide information an even greater crime"

Photo: A cat sits at a newsstand near newspapers with headlines about the U.S. presidential elections in Beijing, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. The world is watching as millions of Americans cast their ballots for the next president on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)