Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 20915

China: Press Freedom

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 7 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Sir Iain Duncan Smith

ConservativeChingford and Woodford Green

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

Catherine West
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...

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