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Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club (TFCC)
@TaiwanFCC
Official Twitter account of the Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club (台灣外國記者會), established in 1998. Join our debates and discussions.
- The TFCC expresses concern over the prosecution of #HongKong journalist @Baochoy on Thursday. It sets a dangerous precedence for possible crackdowns on press freedom and regular journalistic practices in Hong Kong in the future. #JournalismIsNotACrime qz.com/2000004/hong-k…
- We are outraged over the closure of the @appledaily_hk, one of the last outspoken pro-democracy media in Hong Kong, following the arrest of executives under the PRC's new national security law.
- The Taiwan Foreign Correspondents’ Club organized a briefing with @DPPonline’s parliamentary leader Ker Chien-ming on May 25. We look forward to similar sessions with other senior lawmakers. Photos: @Mik_G_Taiwan
- Replying to @TaiwanFCCFull statement from the TFCC on Taiwanese journalists barred from the WHA in Geneva.
- We would like to thank President Tsai @iingwen, @MOFA_Taiwan Minister Joseph Wu as well as @PearsonElaine of @hrw for being our special guests. Once again, congratulations to the award winners covering Afghanistan, Bangladesh, China, Hong Kong, Myanmar, Nepal and Pakistan.Last night, I was honored to congratulate the recipients of the Human Rights Press Awards, which were hosted in Taiwan for the first time. As the democratic world faces increasing threats, #Taiwan will continue to stand up for media freedom & human rights.
- On August 18 at 8 pm (Taiwan/#HongKong) and 8 am EST, @TaiwanFCC will organize a panel to talk about what are the possibilities of stories about #Taiwan in media coverage, featuring @dearclarissa, @chowleen and @chiaoning_su. RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…
- TFCC vice president @heguisen told @RFA_Chinese that the right of journalists to access information and events should not be determined by their nationality. 「記者取得資訊或參與活動的權利，不應由記者本身的國籍來決定，特別在採訪全球性國際組織的場合。」
- On Thursday, the club held its annual general meeting, during which it re-elected president @WilliamYang120, activities chair @kassy and membership chair @lroberts. @betty_hou_1108 was elected treasurer and @heguisen was elected VP.
- Yesterday the TFCC successfully co-hosted a press briefing with Vice President @ChingteLai. We have also invited @houyuih and @KP_Taiwan to speak to our members. We stand ready to arrange sessions for Mayor Hou and Mr Ko. Read the full statement: taiwanfcc.org/tfcc-co-hosted…
- Congrats to @WilliamYang120 on his election as @TaiwanFCC president for 2021 & the rest of the new committee. Many thanks to @tculpan for his hard work as president for 2020, as well as the rest of last year's committee. Special tks to @sherwoodtaipei for hosting our AGM!
- The TFCC’s statement on China’s unexplained detention of Li Yanhe, Editor-in-Chief of Gusa Publishing.
- Welcome to Taiwan!Super excited to announce that I've moved to Taiwan as Axios' first staff reporter based in Asia. Here's why we're expanding our Asia coverage. axios.com/2022/07/19/axi…
- The @TaiwanFCC welcomes you @TheJohnSudworth We hope you feel safe and unencumbered working in Taiwan
