That's a very valid question and from their documents, it looks like they define journalist as someone who does it professionally as a career: "The term "resid

That's a very valid question and from their documents, it looks like they define journalist as someone who does it professionally as a career: "The term "resident foreign journalists" means career journalists who are dispatched by foreign media organizations to be stationed in China for a period of not less than six months for news coverage and reporting." http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/ywzn/mtyw/press_1/t944225.htm http://www.china-embassy.org/eng/ywzn/mtyw/press_1/t944225.h...