Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Chinese send death threats to reporters


As China celebrates 100 days until the Olympic games there are disturbing reports that some foreign journalists operating in the country have received death threats. It is not clear who has made the threats nor who the journalists are, but the reports are likely to concern the tens of thousands of reporters expected to descend on Beijing later in the year. fromthefrontline reported the development today amid a continuing war of words with the West that has exploded in recent weeks following disturbances in Tibet and disruption of the international torch relay. The news has not been widely reported but Japan Today says that ten journalists have received threats [AFP / Sky News / fccchina.org ]

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