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Tuesday, August 05, 2008 --- 32 days ago http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/jamesreynolds/2008/08/a_cup_of_tea_with_
 The police in China's Xinjiang region can serve a very good cup of tea at two in the morning. I know this because I spent a reasonably interesting (and involuntary) hour or so with them last night (my colleagues and I were on our way to the western city of Kashgar to cover the aftermath of the attack on Monday which killed 16 policemen.) Police officers in Xinjiang'a capital Urumqi stopped us as we were filming a series of TV late lives on the street near our hotel. They drove us in a five-car convoy to a police station and escorted into the boardroom (where three men with dyed black hair were happily watching a Russian adventure film on TV.) Four officers came into the room and sat down in a row on the opposite side of the boardroom table (it felt a bit like a job interview.) "Have you applied for permission to report from Xinjiang?" one of them asked us. "We don't need to" was our (polite) answer. Temporary reporting guidelines introduced in January 2007 for the Olympic period give foreign correspondents in China the right to travel freely in China without having to ask for the government's permission (as happened in the past.) But the police were keen to press on. "What is the nature of your mission to the Xinjiang region?" I replied 'journalism'. They then said "Have you filmed anyone since you got here?" I said "Just me." Next question was "Have you spoken to anyone?" I responded "Yes, many police officers". The officers warned us ... |
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