Beijing Olympics Blocking Foreign Media Coverage, Group Says
- Correspondents seek more access to Winter Games preparations
- Efforts to cover events ‘continuously stymied,’ FCCC says
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China’s foreign press corps urged the International Olympic Committee for greater access to the Beijing Winter Games, complaining that organizers have “continuously stymied” them from covering preparations for the event.
Foreign media staff have over the past year been excluded from news conferences, venue visits and other routine events that were open to domestic media, the Foreign Correspondents Club of China said in a statement Tuesday. Journalists have been denied access for numerous reasons, including venue capacity, Covid-protocols and security concerns, the group said.