03 June 2008
Beijing takes select group of reporters to Tibet
(Xinhua) China has invited a group of reporters to Lhasa from media organisations in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao to "provide open news coverage without any restriction". Xinhua reports that thirty-one reporters travelled to Lhasa. "The reporters, representing 15 organisations from Hong Kong, one from Macao and two from Taiwan, are the second batch of reporters invited to Tibet after the March 14 Lhasa riots", the report stated. "During the three-day visit, reporters will have extensive contact with officials, monks and common people, and they will be able to interview shop owners whose shops were damaged during the riot", the Xinhua report claimed.