WORLD IN BRIEF : CHINA : Foreign Journalists’ Protests Rejected
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Li Jinhua dismissed as “unfounded” protests by foreign journalists over police mistreatment and implied that reporters were beaten for violating rules governing foreign press coverage in China. Half a dozen foreign journalists were assaulted or detained by security forces this week while covering the first anniversary of the crackdown on demonstrators in Beijing. The State Department, the Japanese government and journalists’ organizations lodged protests over the mistreatment.
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