Haze Fan( Chinese name: 範若伊 ) is a Chinese journalist and a member of Bloomberg News’s bureau in Beijing. formerly worked for CNBC, Al Jazeera, CBS and Reuters’s bureaus in Beijing. On December 7, 2020, Fan was escorted from her apartment building by plainclothes security officials.[1][2] On December 11, 2020, Chinese authorities announced that Fan had been detained by the Beijing National Security Bureau, saying that her "legitimate rights have been fully ensured and her family has been notified."[3][4][5] On June 14, 2022, China's embassy in the US told Bloomberg that Fan had been released on bail, although the agency had not made contact with her.[6]

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  1. ^ "Bloomberg News China Staffer Haze Fan Still Detained One Year On". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  2. ^ Yan, Sophia (7 December 2021). "Allegiance to Xi Jinping now a requirement for China's journalists as stranglehold on press tightens". Telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  3. ^ "China Authorities Detain Bloomberg News Beijing Staff Member". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  4. ^ "Chinese Bloomberg employee held on national security grounds". South China Morning Post. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  5. ^ "Chinese authorities detain citizen who works for Bloomberg news". The Guardian. 11 December 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
  6. ^ "China releases Bloomberg staff member on bail". BBC News. Retrieved 24 July 2023.