China refused to renew the journalist visa for Buzzfeed’s Megha Rajagopalan

China refused to renew the journalist visa of Megha Rajagopalan, Buzzfeed’s China bureau chief. Rajagopalan wrote that China’s Foreign Ministry did not give any reason for the decision, only saying that it was a ‘process thing.’
‘Some news from me— I'm really excited to be moving to a new role @BuzzFeedNews focusing on technology and human rights. I'll be reporting from the Middle East and beyond. I'm looking forward to continuing to report on tech companies, authoritarianism, surveillance & other issues,’ she tweeted
Rajagopalan has worked in China for the past six years. ‘It is bittersweet to leave Beijing after spending six wonderful and eye-opening years as a journalist there. In May, China's Foreign Ministry declined to issue me a new journalist visa. They say this is a process thing, we are not totally clear why.’
Recently, she has earned a reputation for being one of the boldest foreign journalists in reporting about the state surveillance system that Beijing is building in Xinjiang, as well as stories about the mass repression and detainments of Uighurs, Chinese media reported
‘Can't express how grateful I am to have lived in China through a period of incredible economic dynamism & social change. Living there forced me to learn not only a new language & culture, but an entirely new way of seeing the world. It's been endlessly challenging and rewarding.
‘I also want to make clear that though I can't do it from inside China anymore, I'm not going to stop reporting on and speaking about state surveillance, repression and incarceration of millions of Muslim ethnic minorities in Xinjiang.’