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NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’

December 4, 2022

By Lucy Xia, RNZ News journalist More than 200 people from Aotearoa New Zealand’s Chinese community gathered for a vigil at Auckland’s Aotea Square last night to mourn the lives lost under China’s stringent covid-19 lockdowns and to call for an end to the country’s “Zero Covid” policy. The unprecedented display of defiance by a ... <a title="NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/12/04/nz-chinese-local-community-protests-against-china-lockdowns-dictatorship/" aria-label="Read more about NZ Chinese local community protests against China lockdowns, ‘dictatorship’">Read more</a>

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Four Chinese citizen journalists still missing after investigating covid-19

September 19, 2020

By France 24 Since coming to power in 2012, Chinese President Xi Jinping has launched an unprecedented crusade against press freedom. Facing censorship, threats from police and sometimes jail, the last few independent reporters – those who do not work for state media serving Communist Party propaganda – are no longer able to sell their ... <a title="Four Chinese citizen journalists still missing after investigating covid-19" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/09/19/four-chinese-citizen-journalists-still-missing-after-investigating-covid-19/" aria-label="Read more about Four Chinese citizen journalists still missing after investigating covid-19">Read more</a>

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Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline

February 7, 2020

BACKGROUNDER: By Oiwan Lam Former human rights lawyer and famous citizen journalist Chen Qiushi arrived in Wuhan city, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak, on January 24, 2020, to report from inside the quarantined city. Although the first case of the coronavirus emerged on December 8, Chinese media outlets only started covering the news on ... <a title="Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/02/07/wuhan-coronavirus-citizen-journalist-chen-qiushi-on-the-epicentre-frontline/" aria-label="Read more about Wuhan coronavirus: Citizen journalist Chen Qiushi on the epicentre frontline">Read more</a>

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Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua

November 4, 2019

OPINION: Moale James What should we expect for the future of media freedom in the Pacific? And how do we sift through the “bullshit” as emerging journalists? These were two of the many questions raised at the pre-conference keynote for the Melanesian Media Freedom Forum at Griffith University, Brisbane. Attending on the night where various ... <a title="Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/11/04/moale-james-citizen-journalism-countering-deliberate-media-silence-on-west-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Moale James: Citizen journalism countering ‘deliberate’ media silence on West Papua">Read more</a>

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Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok

February 7, 2019

Truong Duy Nhat’s disappearance is all the more disturbing because he is widely respected as a blogger. Image: RSF/Youtube). Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has called on the Thai authorities to shed all possible light on the disappearance of Truong Duy Nhat, a famous Vietnamese blogger who went missing in Bangkok last ... <a title="Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2019/02/07/vietnamese-blogger-critic-missing-and-feared-kidnapped-in-bangkok/" aria-label="Read more about Vietnamese blogger critic missing and feared ‘kidnapped’ in Bangkok">Read more</a>