China threatened to kill me, B.C. reporter says

The Vancouver Sun:

RCMP have launched a “very serious” investigation into a B.C. reporter’s claims that Chinese officials are threatening to kill him for his critical coverage of the government.

Tao Wang moved to Surrey, B.C., from China in 2007 and began working as a local general assignment reporter for the Canadian branch of Falun Gong-affiliated New Tang Dynasty Television in July 2009.

Most of his assignments for the international broadcaster have been innocuous, on topics such as the Olympics and the harmonized sales tax.

Some of his reports, however, have been critical of the Chinese government and its practices.

NTDTV is one of the few networks with dissenting views that broadcasts in the Communist nation.

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