The FCCC is the professional association of Beijing-based journalists reporting on China for audiences around the world.
Beijing, China
Joined May 2009
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The FCCC's annual Media Freedoms Report on the state of independent reporting in China is out.
Here is the full report : fccchina.org/2025/08/18/medi…
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FCCC STATEMENT ON REPORTING ON THE TIBET FLOODS
September 4, 2026
A recent sounding of our members found that more than a dozen had applied for access to the Tibet Autonomous Region in order to cover the recent flooding. None has been granted entry.
Foreign Correspondents' Club of China retweeted
The New York Times Calls for Reinstatement of China Correspondent. Read more in a statement from Joseph Kahn, Executive Editor of The New York Times.
nytco.com/press/the-new-york…
FCCC STATEMENT ON RECENT ATTACKS ON PRESS FREEDOM IN CHINA
April 20, 2026
The FCCC publicly denounces the spate of targeted attacks on press freedom in China seen in recent months - a trend that has been worsening since February.
Full statement here: fccchina.org/2026/04/20/fccc…
However, serious challenges persist : a staggering 98 % of respondents said working conditions rarely or never met international standards.
Yet another example of the difficulties of reporting in China ⤵️
A group in plain clothes were waiting at the gates to the complex where the terrible killings happened in #Zhuhai #Guangdong and assaulted us as we tried to report on the incident. Shutting down reporting #China style… CLICK ON LINK BELOW TO WATCH
bbc.com/news/videos/c78dvl7p…
1/ FCCC statement on pressure from media outlets against journalists joining professional associations:
fccchina.org/2024/07/18/fccc…
4/ In its 43 years’ history, the FCCC has proven to be an invaluable space for the exchange of ideas among foreign journalists in China and for the support of their work, as well as a channel of dialogue with the Chinese authorities.
Foreign Correspondents' Club of China retweeted
Hong Kong Journalists Association chair Selina Cheng said she was fired from the Wall Street Journal over press freedom advocacy.
Cheng was told by her WSJ supervisor that her role leading the press union was "incompatible" with her job.
@AFP story: bit.ly/3Y7xd17
ALT Former Wall Street Journal reporter and chair of the Hong Kong Journalists Association Selina Cheng stands outside the Dow Jones office in Hong Kong on July 17, 2024. Cheng accused the paper of firing her over her role leading a press union and advocating for press freedom in the Chinese city. (Holmes Chan / AFP)
Foreign Correspondents' Club of China retweeted
#HongKong🇭🇰: Selina Cheng, newly elected chairperson of @HKJA_Official, has been terminated from her position at the Wall Street Journal just weeks after editors pressured her to withdraw from running in the union’s election. @IFJGlobal ifj.org/media-centre/news/de…
Foreign Correspondents' Club of China retweeted
Read our statement on HKJA chairperson Selina Cheng's termination by The Wall Street Journal:
@HKJA_Official @selina_cheng @WSJ
fcchk.org/fcc-statement-on-h…