Outcry as China stops Pacific journalists questioning Wang Yi

Journalists covering the Chinese foreign minister’s tour of the Pacific say they have been blocked from filming or accessing events, and that not a single question from a Pacific journalist has been allowed to be asked of Wang Yi.

At each stop, Wang has signed bilateral deals but he is yet to take a single question from a Pacific journalist, who are instructed at the beginning of the press conferences that no questions will be permitted. “The media briefing itself was run by the visiting government, the press passes were issued by the Chinese government,” she said. “They instructed us we would not be allowed to ask questions. When some of us yelled out questions anyway a Chinese government official yelled out to stop.”

because many journalists were blocked from attending Wang’s press conference, with Covid-19 restrictions cited as the reason. Georgina Kekea, the president of MASI, said the lack of access given to journalists during the visit raised serious concerns about press freedom, which she said had typically been quite strong in Solomon Islands.

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