Foreign journalists harassed in China over floods coverage

Reporters confronted in street and accused of smearing China' amid increasing sensitivity to any negative portrayals of China

Foreign journalists reporting on the aftermath of China's flooding disaster have faced hostile confrontations in the street and been subjected to vicious campaigns", amid increasing nationalistic sensitivity to any negative portrayals of China.

Reporters from the Los Angeles Times and German outlet Deutsche Welle were confronted by an angry crowd in Zhengzhou on Saturday, who filmed and questioned them, and accused them of rumour mongering" and slandering China. Other journalists have also been targeted, with a specific focus on the BBC.