Opinion
China’s intimidation and detention of Australian journalists mirrors actions against other foreign correspondents amid rising diplomatic tensions with the US and Australia, observes Rowan Callick.
News
Australia no longer has any correspondents working on the ground in China for the first time since the 1970s, after two journalists were forced to flee the country and Chinese officials revealed a third had been detained for suspected “criminal activities endangering China’s national security”.
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