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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
World
Kate Lyons

Outcry as China stops Pacific journalists questioning Wang Yi

China’s Wang Yi with Frank Bainimarama, the Fijian prime minister, in Suva.
China’s Wang Yi with Frank Bainimarama, the Fijian prime minister, in Suva. Photograph: Leon Lord/AFP/Getty Images

Journalists covering the Chinese foreign minister’s tour of the Pacific say they have been blocked from filming or accessing events, and that not a single question from a Pacific journalist has been allowed to be asked of Wang Yi.

The allegations raise serious press freedom concerns and alarm about the ability of Pacific journalists to do their jobs, particularly as the relationship between the region and China becomes closer.

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