[WEBCAST] Chinese and U.S. Media: War of the Words
VIEW EVENT DETAILSJamil Anderlini on the Situation of Foreign Journalists in China
In mid-March, China expelled 13 American journalists working for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. The move came after the U.S. government limited the number of journalists who can work at five Chinese media outlets in the U.S., and amid controversy around members of the Trump administration referring to the coronavirus as “Chinese virus”. The escalation was only the latest step in a widening conflict: For years, many foreign journalists have faced increasingly difficult reporting conditions in China.
How is the current state of foreign reporting from China? Will there be more expulsions and restrictions in the coming months? And is there a way, amid growing U.S.-China tensions, to ensure good reporting conditions?
To discuss these questions and more, we are joined by Jamil Anderlini, Asia Bureau Chief of the Financial Times based in Hong Kong.
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Jamil Anderlini is the Asia Editor of the Financial Times (FT), responsible for all coverage out of Asia. He is based in Hong Kong. Previously, he was Beijing Bureau Chief for the FT, Beijing business correspondent for the South China Morning Post for two years and, before that, chief editor of the China Economic Review. Anderlini has won numerous journalism awards. In 2013, he was named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, and short-listed for both Foreign Reporter of the Year at the Press Awards in the UK and the Orwell Prize, the UK's most prestigious prize for political writing. In 2012, Anderlini wrote the e-book The Bo Xilai Scandal, published by Penguin and the FT.