[citation needed] In February 2013, German television crew from ARD was attacked by a group of men in at least 4 vehicles.

[6] The ARD crew including correspondent Christine Adelhardt had been filming in the village of Da Yan Ge Zhuang (大閆各莊村) in Juyang,[7] Sanhe city.

Two other vehicles joined the group of men and pursued the fleeing ARD van on the highway.

[6] According to statement from the Foreign Correspondents Club of China condemning the attack, a witness identified one of the vehicles involved in the attack as belonging to the "Da Yan Ge Zhuang village communist party secretary".

[6] A police officer told an ARD reporter that the attackers had been "offended" because the crew did not ask for permission to film in the village.