China Journalist

Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" after she became a symbol of the country's stalled feminist movement.

Tech billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk boarded a plane departing Beijing on Monday, an AFP journalist said, after a whistlestop visit that saw his firm win a key data security clearance from Chinese authorities.

The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".

NewsClick, being investigated for alleged connections to China-linked entities to broadcast Chinese propaganda, has been accused of a conspiracy to "disrupt sovereignty and territorial integrity of India", according to a copy of the FIR seen by NDTV.

A day after the arrest of two people, including the founder and Editor-in-Chief of NewsClick, Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources Head Amit Chakravarty were sent to seven days of police remand on Wednesday.

The United States has seen reports about the alleged ties of an Indian media outlet, which was raided by officials a day earlier, with China but cannot comment on the veracity of the claims, an official said.

Five sections of the UAPA anti-terror law and penal code provisions relating to criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity form the bedrock of the case against NewsClick and at least 10 journalists associated with the news website, sources said today.

Neville Roy Singham, American millionaire accused of spreading Chinese propaganda in India and abroad, has now been summoned by Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case against NewsClick, sources have said

NewsClick Raids: The homes of several journalists associated with NewsClick were searched today in connection with a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case.

North Korea's first international commercial flight in three years landed in Beijing on Tuesday, according to an arrivals board seen by an AFP journalist at the airport.It is state airline Air Koryo's first commercial flight since early 2020.

Jailed Australian journalist Cheng Lei yearns for her children and the country's "psychedelic sunsets", she said in a rare public letter marking three years since her mysterious arrest in China.

The last Indian journalist in China has been asked to leave, as Beijing and New Delhi eject each other's reporters in a tit-for-tat row deepening a rift between the Asian economic powerhouses.

A row has broken out over denial of visas and refusal to renew them for Indian journalists in China. The government said foreign journalists including Chinese are working without any problems in India. But China has alleged "unfair" treatment.

The foreign ministry said on Friday it hoped Beijing would allow Indian journalists to continue to work in China, and said that New Delhi allows all foreign journalists to operate in India.

China on Thursday said it would like to treat Indian journalists like "friend and family" after India expressed hope that Beijing would facilitate their continued presence in their country.

Chinese journalist and #Metoo activist Sophia Huang Xueqin was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday on charges of "inciting subversion of state power" after she became a symbol of the country's stalled feminist movement.

Tech billionaire Tesla CEO Elon Musk boarded a plane departing Beijing on Monday, an AFP journalist said, after a whistlestop visit that saw his firm win a key data security clearance from Chinese authorities.

The former anchor for Chinese state broadcaster CGTN was arrested in 2020, and was formally charged with "supplying state secrets overseas".

NewsClick, being investigated for alleged connections to China-linked entities to broadcast Chinese propaganda, has been accused of a conspiracy to "disrupt sovereignty and territorial integrity of India", according to a copy of the FIR seen by NDTV.

A day after the arrest of two people, including the founder and Editor-in-Chief of NewsClick, Prabir Purkayastha and Human Resources Head Amit Chakravarty were sent to seven days of police remand on Wednesday.

The United States has seen reports about the alleged ties of an Indian media outlet, which was raided by officials a day earlier, with China but cannot comment on the veracity of the claims, an official said.

Five sections of the UAPA anti-terror law and penal code provisions relating to criminal conspiracy and promoting enmity form the bedrock of the case against NewsClick and at least 10 journalists associated with the news website, sources said today.

Neville Roy Singham, American millionaire accused of spreading Chinese propaganda in India and abroad, has now been summoned by Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case against NewsClick, sources have said

NewsClick Raids: The homes of several journalists associated with NewsClick were searched today in connection with a case under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case.

North Korea's first international commercial flight in three years landed in Beijing on Tuesday, according to an arrivals board seen by an AFP journalist at the airport.It is state airline Air Koryo's first commercial flight since early 2020.

Jailed Australian journalist Cheng Lei yearns for her children and the country's "psychedelic sunsets", she said in a rare public letter marking three years since her mysterious arrest in China.

The last Indian journalist in China has been asked to leave, as Beijing and New Delhi eject each other's reporters in a tit-for-tat row deepening a rift between the Asian economic powerhouses.

A row has broken out over denial of visas and refusal to renew them for Indian journalists in China. The government said foreign journalists including Chinese are working without any problems in India. But China has alleged "unfair" treatment.

The foreign ministry said on Friday it hoped Beijing would allow Indian journalists to continue to work in China, and said that New Delhi allows all foreign journalists to operate in India.

China on Thursday said it would like to treat Indian journalists like "friend and family" after India expressed hope that Beijing would facilitate their continued presence in their country.