It seems the pre-Olympic promise that China made to guarantee total press freedom, has fade even further by the recent decision by the Chinese government to create "a list of reporters who break reporting rules and prevent them from continuing to report or edit news." This announce of this list was reported on the website of the official
China Press and Publishing Journal.
The article reported that the General Administration of Press and Publication (the agency that control China's media), will "establish a database of media professionals with a bad record." The new rules currently only apply to Chinese reporters. The foreign press is under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Bob Dietz, CPJ's
Asia program coordinator express his concern as so: "We are alarmed by any government that attempts to decide who is a 'good' journalist and who is a 'bad' journalist." And Dietz added that "Media in post-Olympics
China have come under more restrictions since the Games ended in August 2008. We hope the government does not use the legitimate desire to improve the integrity of media in
China to continue its crackdown on reporting that is critical of the government."
-Van Hoang (China)
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