© Samantha Nar/CBC CBC News is shutting down its Beijing news bureau after a more-than-40-year presence in China, saying it was forced to take the step after officials have ignored repeated requests for a journalist work visa. CBC News is shutting down its Beijing news bureau after a more-than-40-year presence in China, saying it was forced to take the step after officials have ignored repeated requests for a journalist work visa. "Closing the Beijing bureau is the last thing we want to do, but our hand has been forced." CBC has only been back to China once since, Fenlon noted, to cover the 2022 Winter Olympics and coverage was tightly restricted. The shuttering of the Beijing bureau also comes as CBC journalists continue to be barred from Russia.

Source: CBC News November 02, 2022 14:40 UTC