On January14th 2005, Radio France Internationale reported the following news to the Asia-Pacific and the Mandarin-speaking areas of Paris on its Chinese broadcasting channel in a special programme entitled“The Asia-Pacific Action”.
The Canadian Prime Minister demanded that China provides an explanation for the cancellation of two Canadian reporters’ visas. China approved the visas initially for the two journalists, but dismissed the applications later. Both journalists were reporters of New Tang Dynasty TV and were gearing up for joining the reporters group with Prime Minister Martin. In fact, they had received the approved visas, which were recalled later. Martin told a reporter, “It was a serious matter for us. Freedom of speech and journalism are our values and principles. We have been in negotiations regarding this incident with the Chinese Embassy in Canada.”
Canadian Prime Minister Martin will embark on visiting China from January the 20th to the 23rd to have talks with Hu Jintao, the Chinese State Chairman, and the Premier Wen Jiabao.
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