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Fewer journalists in China bad news for everyone else, reporters say

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Foreign and local journalists report at a news conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs office in Beijing, China, April 26, 2023. [AP Photo]

With visa challenges and security issues forcing more foreign journalists to report from outside China, international audiences are missing out.

In recent years, journalists have decamped from cities such as Beijing or Shanghai to Taiwan, South Korea or Singapore.

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