Yeah, but does that happen on the internal border between Xinjiang and the rest of China? That boarder is more relevant for reporting. However, the surveillan

Yeah, but does that happen on the internal border between Xinjiang and the rest of China? That boarder is more relevant for reporting. However, the surveillance in China is definitely an issue. Journalists have to declare themselves as such in visa applications (or pledge to not do any journalism), all foreigners have to register with the local police wherever they're staying (hotels do this for you behind the scenes), and I think pretty much all long distance travel requires ID. So the government knows who the journalists are, where they are, and can swarm them with minders to manage what they see (and intimidate people from speaking to them). I've read multiple reports that say that's exactly what happens when (good) journalists visit Xinjiang.