Beijing forces New York Times reporter to leave country

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BEIJING: A New York Times journalist, who has worked in China over a decade, has been forced to leave the country after his visa was not renewed, in an apparent retaliation for the paper's report that alleged Premier Wen Jiabao's family had amassed $2.7 billion in assets.

Chris Buckley, 45, an Australian who has worked as a correspondent in China since 2000 and joined The Times recently, left for Hong Kong with his family on Tuesday.

Buckley was to be accredited to replace a correspondent who was reassigned, but the Chinese authorities did not act before December 31, despite numerous requests, forcing Buckley to leave.

China has also kept on hold new Beijing bureau chief Philip P Pan's accreditation, the report said adding Pan applied in March, but his visa had still not been processed. The Times urged the authorities to process Buckley's visa as quickly as possible so that he and his family could return to Beijing. "I also hope that Phil Pan, whose application for journalist credentials has been pending for months, will also be issued a visa to serve as our bureau chief in Beijing," Jill Abramson, the newspaper's executive editor said.

Times believes that the problems relating to the visas of its journalists is to do with its news report on Wen. Ahead of the last November once-in-a-decade leadership change conference of the Communist Party, Times carried a report stating that Wen's family had accumulated $2.7 billion assets which included successful business by Wen's wife Zhang Peili, a geologist turned diamond businesswoman.

"The visa troubles come amid government pressure on the foreign news media over investigations into the finances of Chinese leaders, a delicate subject," the report said. China termed the report on Wen ahd his family as a "smear" aimed at discrediting the leadership.

Beijing forces New York Times reporter to leave country - The Times of India

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While the Chinese showcase their country with all its marvels, they take immense care and pain to side the dark side of their Moon.

And whatever little may come out by vigilant news men of foreign media, the Chinese are ready pounce and claim that it is not so the case and so on and so forth with shrill indignation.

The NYT reporter unearthed the loot and carry being perpetuated by the Chinese Communist leadership with painstaking research and which the Chinese Communist Govt could not deny or obfuscate with shrill protestation of it being untrue.

So, first they blocked out the news and now, they are ensuring that the reporter who put out this news is not allowed to report from China, being no longer allowed.

It is also an indirect way to muzzle the foreign media by sending out the message that unfavourable news would not be accepted by China and only news that show China in favourable light would allow the reporters to remain.

While China cannot dare ban American media except blocking them now and then, they are very bold with those who cannot strike back like Oman where their TV channel Al Jazeera was banned and thrown out for recording a documentary on Laogais (prisons) and the conditions and how these Laogais are the backbone for China economic boom wherein they are forced to produce goods which are then sent to front companies to be labelled so that it does not appear to be done by prison labour since many countries do not allow import of goods made through prison labour.
 

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Beijing forces New York Times reporter to leave country

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While Indian shoot its reporter dead. hahah.

NY Times got involved in China's political struggle, Wen Jiabao just hates it. Chinese don't like Wen either but NY Times over-estimated its popularity in China. It is not like enemy's haters are friends. it is about higher interests between two countries.
 

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Indians smart guys feel free to get jobs in china,new work visa has just been extended to 3 years instead of 1
 

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Beijing forces New York Times reporter to leave country

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While Indian shoot its reporter dead. hahah.

NY Times got involved in China's political struggle, Wen Jiabao just hates it. Chinese don't like Wen either but NY Times over-estimated its popularity in China. It is not like enemy's haters are friends. it is about higher interests between two countries.

Indian shoots reporter dead?

Something like it happens all the time in China?

Lets start with Tienanmen Square as a starter when they mowed down people with tanks.

China does everything is a big way!

Or kill people under the clarion call of Mao against cultural enemies in the so called Cultural Revolution.

We don't ban foreign journalists or make it difficult if they expose something.

NYT was not reporting to please or inform the Chinese.

They were reporting for the world the sleazy side of China which one never learns of because China is a police state and its citizens are totally controlled to think the way the Govt wants them to think!

Anyone protesting goes to jail or are put under house arrest.
 
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Beijing forces New York Times reporter to leave country

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While Indian shoot its reporter dead. hahah.

NY Times got involved in China's political struggle, Wen Jiabao just hates it. Chinese don't like Wen either but NY Times over-estimated its popularity in China. It is not like enemy's haters are friends. it is about higher interests between two countries.
NYT probably did that because it is more communist than CCP.
 

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NYT probably did that because it is more communist than CCP.
It is, CCP is an acronym of Chinese Capitalist Party now,heheh. but again, this is not about conflicts in ideology. it is pure political struggle. NYT
is not smart enough to stay at a distance from this mess, or it is too smart to step into this mess.
 

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To be fair, NYTimes is more professonal than the rest of its kind, so blocking NYTimes is no good. CPC is overreacting, but NYTimes should learn the lesson and behave itself.

By the way, China doesn't force the reporter to leave, the reporter's visa expired and he was not allowed to stay according to the law. NYTimes should send someone else who could pass the visa scrutiny.
 

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And what is the requirement to pass visa scrutiny?
 

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I am not sure, but no AIDS.
If you are not sure, do quit confusing the posters by sugar coating with comments that have no basis.

The fact is there for all to see.

The lesson is clear - kowtow to China and not reporting the truth or take the first plane out!
 

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I am not too sure but that avatar reminds me of the actress who was said to have a close liaison with Bo.

That apart, say what you all want, this is a nice way to stifle reporting of the reality and indeed it will not please many Chinese to know the truth, having been fed the official bland version that eulogies the peasants and hero worships the Communist leaders.

Notwithstanding I like Mao, who I thought was a cool cat!

He brooked no nonsense, got the lazy chaps up an about, gave a sense of nationalism, made the Chinese to realise that the Govt knows best and Deng tweaked it to bring China to where it is.

The Chinese may think Deng is the saviour but actually it was Mao who ensured that the Chinese thought and worked as per the directives of the Communist Party.

If there is no divisions, even a bad plan is better than a good plan which people try to do it in different ways and thereby losing the synergy.

Mao is really China's Saviour!
 
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