Foreign correspondents in China call for inquiry into assault on German TV crew

guardian.co.uk - 

The Foreign Correspondents' Club of China (FCCN) is appalled to learn of yesterday's brutal assault on a German TV crew by thugs apparently linked to local authorities in Hebei province.

The crew, belonging to ARD television, narrowly avoided serious injury when two men attacked their vehicle with baseball bats, shattering the windscreen, after a high speed chase down a major highway near the city of Sanhe, 50 km east of Beijing.

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KalanStar says:
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03/01/2013 - 16:17

Typical: China = Thug Life

Who Hao/Bu Hao'd It?

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