Xinhua Journalists Beaten and Phones Confiscated at China Railway Seventh Group Site on the Hefei–Xinjiang High-Speed Railway

On November 14, Wang Wenzhi and Cheng Zilong, journalists with Xinhua News Agency's Economic Information Daily, were beaten while reporting at a China Railway Seventh Group construction site on the Hefei–Xinjiang high-speed railway in Anhui, and their phones were seized. On-site video shows a person in charge admitting that the reporters' phones were confiscated, and saying the beating may have been carried out by his subordinates.

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2026-10-21 07:46 · 11月14日，新华社《经济参考报》记者王文志、程子龙在安徽合新高铁中铁七局施工现场采访时被打、手机被抢，现场负责人承认扣机并称打人可能是其下属所为。

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Sayings · 2024-11-14 16:46 On November 14, Xinhua News Agency's Economic Information Daily reporters Wang Wenzhi and Cheng Zilong were beaten and had their phones snatched while interviewing at a China Railway Seventh Group construction site on the Hefei-Xinyi high-speed railway in Anhui. The person in charge at the site admitted to confiscating the phones and said the beating may have been carried out by his subordinates.

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