United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 31473
China: Press Freedom
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18 March 2020
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23 March 2020 · Answer
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To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the decision by the Chinese Foreign Ministry to expel US citizens working for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times from mainl
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18 March 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the decision by the Chinese Foreign Ministry to expel US citizens working for the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post and the New York Times from mainl
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23 March 2020
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As Lord Ahmad said in the Lords on 19 March, we have consistently stated our concern about media freedoms in China. The Chinese Government's announcement that they will prevent certain American journalists from working in China and Macao further restricts...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-03-18/31473
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1186308
- uk · wq-1186308 · source updated 23 March 2020