MEDIA ADVISORY

Press Conference/Report Launch

CPJ’s most recent China report:

Challenged in China: The shifting dynamics of censorship and control

Tuesday March 12, 2013

10:45 am

The Foreign Correspondents’ Club

Hong Kong

David Schlesinger, CPJ Board Member

Bob Dietz, CPJ Asia Program Coordinator

Hong Kong, March 11, 2013—As China’s new leadership takes office, a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists will shed light on the shifting dynamics of censorship within China and the expanding role of its state media across the world.

CPJ’s report examines cracks along Beijing’s Great Firewall which are countered by continuing legal risks as China continues to be one of the world’s leading jailers of journalists.

WHAT:  Challenged in China: The shifting dynamics of censorship and control

WHEN:  Tuesday March 12, 2013  10:45 am

WHERE:  The Foreign Correspondents’ Club, 2 Lower Albert Road, Central, Hong Kong

Advance copies of the report (in English and Chinese) are available upon request and interviews may be arranged prior to launch date.

Media contact:

In Hong Kong: Bob Dietz, +852 9468 9524   bdietz@cpj.org

In New York: Advocacy and Communications Director Gypsy Guillén Kaiser: Tel. +1.212.300.9029; E-mail:ggkaiser@cpj.org

CPJ is a New York-based, independent, nonprofit organization that works to safeguard press freedom worldwide