Citing local sources, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Safeguard Defenders said that Chinese journalist Bai, detained at the Suan Phlu Immigration Detention Centre in Bangkok, faces the risk of deportation to China following pressure from Beijing. The development came just days ahead of Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul’s visit to China from July 16 to 20, 2026. Bai has worked as an investigative journalist in China for over 25 years as well as with the renowned Beijing Caijing Magazine. “We call on the Thai authorities to permit the journalist Bai Zhaodong to relocate to a country of his choosing and to refrain from complying with any requests from the Chinese government. According to the RSF, 120 journalists are currently imprisoned in China –making the country the “biggest prison for journalists” in the world.