Yao Wentian

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As in past years, China in 2014 arrested some journalists and activists in the run-up to the anniversary of the massacre of protesters in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.  This year, journalists were also arrested in possible connection to an ongoing police probe into prominent human rights lawyer Pu Zhiqiang and for reporting on protests that took place in Beijing in March.  By July 2014, CPJ had documented the arrests of at least 9 journalists since the beginning of the year.  Of those, four were subsequently released. 

Hong Kong, May 8, 2014--The Committee
to Protect Journalists condemns the 10-year jail sentence given on Wednesday
to a Hong Kong publisher preparing to release a book critical of Chinese
President Xi Jinping. 

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Late in 2013, Time's
Hannah Beech posted a great blog on the magazine's website around the time that
about 24 foreign journalists were worried that the visas allowing them to work
in China might not be approved: "Foreign
Correspondents in China Do Not Censor Themselves to Get Visas," she told
readers.  She's right, of course, and some more proof that they won't dial back
their coverage arose last week.