Georg Blume (born 1963 in Hanover) is a German journalist and has been a correspondent in Beijing (

China China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia. It is the world's most populous country, with a population exceeding 1.4 billion, slightly ahead of India. China spans the equivalent of five time zones and ...

) for the German newspapers ''

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'' since 1997. He has reported repeatedly on human rights issues and environmental scandals in China. Before being posted in China he has reported from Japan and France. He was one of the last independent reporters from Lhasa during the

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before being ''de facto'' expelled from the region.Foreign reporters forced out of Tibet
– UPI March 20, 2008

Publications

“China is not an evil empire: Berlin und Beijing should cooperate despite Tibet”

References

Tibetan independence movement German male journalists German journalists Living people Die Zeit people 1963 births German expatriates in the United States German male writers {{Germany-journalist-stub