{"id":9112,"date":"2021-09-30T16:30:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/?p=9112"},"modified":"2021-09-30T14:33:26","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T13:33:26","slug":"foreign-correspondent-press-freedom-in-hong-kong-would-only-become-worse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/foreign-correspondent-press-freedom-in-hong-kong-would-only-become-worse\/","title":{"rendered":"Foreign Correspondent: Press freedom in Hong Kong would only become worse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hong Kong journalism has come to the worst time. Is it a right decision for foreign correspondent to stay in this city?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"780\" height=\"780\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/kBg2diU6_400x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"9119\" class=\"wp-image-9119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/kBg2diU6_400x400.jpg 780w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/kBg2diU6_400x400-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/kBg2diU6_400x400-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2021\/09\/kBg2diU6_400x400-770x770.jpg 770w, 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my working pattern and increased the workload in ensuring everything goes well,\u201d said Brooker. \u201cChanging into a new working model is not a simple thing, especially since I have been doing it for over 30 years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press freedom in Hong Kong has become a major concern internationally in recent years. It is no surprise to read from the news that famously known journalists were being arrested or being sued and that a publication was being shut down. The commonalities of these journalists and publications are that they are pro-democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Government suppression of press freedom makes journalists aware of their safety and rights in reporting social issues. Once journalists were becoming a target of the government, Steve Vines, a middle aged experienced foreign correspondent who had been working in Hong Kong for 35 years, has made up his mind to step back from the journalist\u2019s role and leave the city after claiming that the Chinese central government has repeatedly undermined Hong Kong\u2019s autonomy since 1997.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a well-known foreign correspondent who has worked for The Observer in various positions, once served as the president of the Foreign Correspondents\u2019 Club and hosted The Pulse, a current affairs TV program on RTHK.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His announcement of leaving after The Pulse was terminated in July 2021 shocked many people and raised the awareness of the impact of deteriorating press freedom to those foreign correspondents who had experienced the change of journalism in Hong Kong since the colonial government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vines wore a disappointed face said, \u201cLoving Hong Kong has become a suspect activity, and this is not the Hong Kong that I used to know.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooker sighed and said, \u201cWhen I first arrived in Hong Kong, I felt that this place had a high autonomy of freedom in terms of speech and press until a year ago.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"Experienced Foreign correspondent talks about Hong Kong press freedom\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cCa5DEOEyrc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Experienced Foreign correspondent talks about Hong Kong press freedom\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cCa5DEOEyrc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption>Foreign Correspondent talks about the situation of press freedom in recent years (Video shoot by Tommy Walker; Interviewees&#8217; voice: Matthew Brooker; Video edited by the author)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>During the colonial government period, Hong Kong was a desirable location for foreign publications to set up an office or send correspondents to work in the city, as it had good access to China and other Asian countries. When it came to the time of handover back to China in 1997, worries on press freedom of Hong Kong had been raised because no one knew how the Chinese government was going to respond to the journalism of the city,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ease the worries of the freedom of speech and press, the Chinese government promised that Hong Kong would be ruled under \u2018One Country, Two Systems&#8217; and everything would be remained unchanged for 50 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brooker said, \u201cPress freedom seemed to be guaranteed in the first 15 years. Most publications could still maintain an objective stance in reporting the social issues and news involving official parties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAlthough the majority of local publications started to lean on pro-government side, independent pro-democracy publications appeared as an online format and became a trend. This showed to the international community that the government still respected press freedom and foreign correspondents felt comfortable working in the city,\u201d said Brooker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-genially wp-block-embed-genially\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Major Event in Hong Kong Journalism\" frameborder='0' width='1200' height='675' src='https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/61466300ae7dec0dd432cd92#?secret=WnWfexWmpX' data-secret='WnWfexWmpX' scrolling='yes'><\/iframe><noscript><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Major Event in Hong Kong Journalism\" frameborder='0' width='1200' height='675' src='https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/61466300ae7dec0dd432cd92#?secret=WnWfexWmpX' data-secret='WnWfexWmpX' scrolling='yes'><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption>The timeline of Hong Kong journalism since the handover in 1997<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Umbrella movement in 2014 was a turning point of press freedom in Hong Kong. Local television broadcast, TVB, has self-censored on the report of a video clip showing seven police officers were kicking a demonstrator clearly. This had raised the question of press freedom in Hong Kong and the awareness of self-censorship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vine commented, \u201cThe decision made on TVB in changing the commentary of the video has alarmed journalists in Hong Kong, making them fear that the government was controlling on their work. Management level in the media companies noticed that if they still wanted to survive in the market, appeasing the government and self-censorship would be needed.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While most of the public believes that the turning point of press freedom was the Umbrella movement, Matthew thinks that since Xi Jinping became the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, the government tightened its control on the freedom of Hong Kong journalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign correspondents did not have a direct influence at that time, despite most of the local publications becoming a mouthpiece of the government and pro-democracy publication becoming the target of the Chief Executive of the time. To avoid making headlines internationally, the government has shown less care for the foreign press than the local press during the early stage of the anti-extradition movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cAfter the report anti-extradition movement in 2019 has aroused international attention and the establishment of the National Security Law in 2020, it has been demonstrated that the government has intervened in press freedom in Hong Kong &#8211; not only on the local journalists but also on foreign correspondents,\u201d said Brooker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAn Indonesian correspondent lost an eye when a rubber bullet was fired at her dangerously close range by a police officer while reporting in the protest even though she had shown her identity,\u201d Brooker said. \u201cForeign correspondents had to leave Hong Kong because of visa issues after the National Security Law raised whether the city was still favourable for a free press.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Foreign correspondents\u2019 visa issues tarnished Hong Kong\u2019s image and had a deleterious effect on the reputation of Hong Kong&#8217;s freedom of the press. The vague content of the National Security Law has brought uncertainties for foreign correspondents working in the city. Foreign publication, such as The Financial Times, relocated their staff from Hong Kong to Seoul and overseas publications stopped locating reporters in this city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vine explained, \u201cThe most unsettling thing, and deliberately so, is the uncertainty that hovers over anyone engaged in literally any kind of public activity. No one knows quite what is allowed and what is forbidden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is a genuine fear of the knock on the door in the early hours of the morning by National Security Law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-genially wp-block-embed-genially\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Before and After The National Security Law\" frameborder='0' width='1600' height='800' src='https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/614757aa263b420df7cd08a5#?secret=ktb6NxQwW9' data-secret='ktb6NxQwW9' scrolling='yes'><\/iframe><noscript><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" title=\"Before and After The National Security Law\" frameborder='0' width='1600' height='800' src='https:\/\/view.genial.ly\/614757aa263b420df7cd08a5#?secret=ktb6NxQwW9' data-secret='ktb6NxQwW9' scrolling='yes'><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><figcaption>The change of editorial practice after the National Security Law was established<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>With the National Security Law, foreign correspondents have to be aware of their wording in reporting social issues even though the government said there would not have much change in foreign press in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although the government does not give a direct order to foreign publications to have a change, many publications have implemented a new policy to avoid infringing the National Security Law. Brooker felt that the pressure of having a change is not directly from the local government but the result of the local pro-democracy journalist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under tighten control of the Chinese government, Vine believed that one particular group of the correspondent is hugely affected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cFor foreign correspondents that covering in politics and diplomatic news, one of the challenges is it becomes harder for them to get in touch with government officials,\u201d Vine said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the foreign correspondent\u2019s freedom in Hong Kong started decreasing, it has brought up the question about their safety in this city. Brooker believes that compared to Mainland China, Hong Kong has a higher autonomy of freedom and respect for journalists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cForeign correspondents in the mainland are being thrown into jail without reason or have gone missing with no one knowing where they have been,\u201d says Brooker. \u201cAt least in Hong Kong, journalists still get the medium to tell the story and communicate with the outside world about the truth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIndeed, I am not sure how long this freedom will be maintained as I cannot see a positive future of journalism and sense that it will get worse in Hong Kong. The only possibility that the situation can be changed is that one day the Chinese government is not ruled by the communist party,\u201d said Brooker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though the current atmosphere in Hong Kong journalism is not favourable to every journalist reporting in the city, Vine and Brooker have different decisions on their future career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unlike Vine chooses to leave, Brooker has established a strong sense of belongings in the city by creating his own family. The support from his family over the tough time becomes his motivation to stay in Hong Kong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is home for me,\u201d said Brooker. \u201cI do not want to leave this place at the moment.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hong Kong journalism has come to the worst time. 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