Media Alert: 2014 IFJ Annual Report on Press Freedom in China and Hong Kong

CHINA’S MEDIA WAR: Censorship, Corruption & Control

2014 Annual Report on Press Freedom in China and Hong Kong 

The <st1:personname w:st="on">Intern</st1:personname>ational Federation of Journalists (IFJ) will hold a press conference on Monday January 26, in Hong Kong to launch the seventh annual China Press Freedom Report CHINA’S MEDIA WAR: Censorship, Corruption & Control. The report reviews press freedom in China in 2014 and provides an important insight into the situation of press freedom in Mainland China and Hong Kong.

Three journalists working in the region contributed to writing of the report. Their contributions reveal the restrictive orders and the corruption of media industry in Mainland China. The Hong Kong chapter discloses the invisible black hands manipulating the media with contributions for this chapter discuss the orchestrating of several events during the Occupy Movement,

Copies of the digital report will be available online and at the press conference.

Details of the Press Conference:          

Date:                       Monday, 26 January, 2015

Time:                      3:30 pm

Venue:                    Hughes Room (1/ F), Foreign Correspondents’ Club

                                 <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">2 Lower Albert Road</st1:address></st1:street>, Central, HK

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