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Media 'Freedom' in China

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In a survey released Tuesday, more than 180 of over 300 foreign journalists surveyed in China reported some kind of reporting interference, according to the Beijing-based Foreign Correspondents' Club of China. The club's definition of harassment includes "violence," "destruction of journalistic materials," "detention," "interception of communications" and "denial of access to public areas," to name a few. In one of the most serious incidents, Reuters correspondent Chris Buckley was kicked in the back by thugs who threatened to kill him.

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Seeing as how at least some of these reporters were American citizens, I'm shocked by their nerve.

It doesn't surprise me at all that they are pushing around their citizens, they do that frequently, but I would have hoped that they'd be more reluctant to push around our people. Especially reporters who can publish what happened later. They have no shame.

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