China makes life easier for foreign journalists

Yesterday new regulations made it easier to be correspondent in China. Reuters was the first foreign media to report in other Chinese cities besides Beijing and Shanghai without application to authorities.

The Reuters report said “foreign journalists had needed government permission to report outside their home base — usually Beijing or Shanghai - but under the new rules, which came into force on Monday, they need only the agreement of the person they are interviewing.”
Foreign media reacted instantly to the new regulations. The National Broadcasting Co. (NBC) of the United States decided to send journalists to China; The Associated Press planned to hire Chinese to enhance its China reports; The number of New York Times journalists in China rose to five, making its Chinese office the biggest one in Asia.

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