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Al Jazeera has been forced to close its bureau in China, after the government declined to renew the visa of the organisation’s China anchor, and refused to sanction a replacement.
The Arabic news agency closed its English language channel in China on Monday, after American journalist Melissa Chan became the latest of its team to see a new visa request denied for “no specific reason”, the New York Times reports.
A report on Chinese labor camps, filed last year, is believed to have angered the ruling Communist Party and sparked the dismissal, despite the fact that Chan did not front the video documentary.
“We constantly cover the voice of the voiceless, and sometimes that calls for tough news coverage from anywhere in world,” said Salah Negm, Al Jazeera’s English news director, in response to news.
What's happening in China... are they following Communism or Capitalism???
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The Arabic news agency closed its English language channel in China on Monday, after American journalist Melissa Chan became the latest of its team to see a new visa request denied for “no specific reason”, the New York Times reports.
A report on Chinese labor camps, filed last year, is believed to have angered the ruling Communist Party and sparked the dismissal, despite the fact that Chan did not front the video documentary.
“We constantly cover the voice of the voiceless, and sometimes that calls for tough news coverage from anywhere in world,” said Salah Negm, Al Jazeera’s English news director, in response to news.
What's happening in China... are they following Communism or Capitalism???
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