China: Press Freedom
Commons · Question 20915 · Tabled 18 Dec 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 7 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has made representations to his counterparts in the People’s Republic of China on the expulsion of the British press corps from the room in which Xi Jinping and th
Answer
Answered by Catherine West, 7 Jan 2025
Members of the press were present at the start of the meeting between the Prime Minister and President Xi Jingping on November 18. It is standard practice in diplomatic meetings for the press to remain in the room for opening remarks only, as was the case...