Beijing OL: Nøglen til pressefrihed i Kina?
På trods af Kinas løfter om mere frihed til udenlandske medier op til og under næste års OL, fremkommer der landet over rapporter om journalister der bliver chikaneret i deres arbejde og tilbageholdt. Vil det være muligt for Kina at holde sit løfte om større pressefrihed, og først og fremmest er spøgsmålet, vil udenlandsk presses fulde rettigheder når den olympiske flamme går ud.
Kina løftede i januar mange restriktioner, der var lagt på udenlandske journalister i januar. Men i en undersøgelse af 163 udenlandske journalister baseret i Kina rapporterede 40%, at de i indeværende år har oplevet en eller anden form for indblanding i deres arbejde, skriver Yahoo!News. Ifølge Fox Sports tror ”Den international olympiske Komité” stadig at Kina vil holde sit løfte om at når OL går i gang, så kan udenlandske medier opperere helt frit, ligesom de har gjort det ved de tidligere Olympiske Lege.
De frie tøjler gælder ikke for journalister, der arbejder for Kinas statskontrollerede medier, der stadig er under skarp kontrol med hvad de kan rapportere om, lyder det fra samme kilde. Kinas Presseadministration (GAPP) har i den forbindelse indrømmet at nogle organisationer og individer har blandet sig i lovlig nyhedsrapportering, skriver CRI Nordic. Medlem af Den olympiske Komité, Kevan Gosper, siger at han tror at indrømmelsen skyldes at den kinesiske regerings løsere bånd efterhånden vil sprede sig til de nationale medier også, skriver The Australian.
AFP rapporterer, at ved Verdenshandelsorganisationen WTOs møde denne uge mødte Kina mere kritik angående dets politik overfor udenlandske medier. Canada, USA, Japan og EU bad Kina om at uddybe regler, der blev introduceret sidste år, der forbyder udenlandske nyhedsbureauer at sælge finansiel information til kinesiske kunder uden først at gå igennem statens nyhedsbureau, Xinhua.
Kina anser mediernes større åbenhed som et emne, der angår statens sikkerhed, og derfor nærmer den kinesiske regering sig emnet med forsigtighed, forklarer CRI Nordic. Vil OL 2008 åbne dørene til pressefrihed i Kina.
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