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‘There is increasingly no space to manoeuvre or even breathe’: Foreign NGOs in China feel the squeeze

This picture shows a skyline of the Central Business District (CBD) in Beijing on April 30, 2023. (Photo by WANG Zhao / AFP)

International NGOs and the foreign press in China say they have been finding it increasingly tough to operate in the country.

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Aw Cheng Wei

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BEIJING – In August 2022, the work here of an international environmental non-governmental organisation (NGO) – which had been operating in China for decades – abruptly stalled.

Then United States House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had just

visited Taiwan over Beijing’s objections,

and China declared that it was ceasing dialogue with the US on a range of issues from climate change to military relations.

‘There is increasingly no space to manoeuvre or even breathe’: Foreign NGOs in China feel the squeeze

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