As China gears up for the opening of the 2022 Winter Olympics, foreign journalists working in the country warned on Monday that press freedom is declining “at breakneck speed.”

While foreign journalists have long faced challenging conditions under the ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP), now they are also dealing with growing hostility and intimidation, including online stalking, smear campaigns, hacking and visa denials, the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of China (FCCC) said in its annual report.

As the number of journalists forced out by the Chinese state grows, covering China is increasingly becoming an exercise in remote reporting, the report said.