An Aussie journo kicked out of Xi’s new China
The Briefing25 Apr 2021

An Aussie journo kicked out of Xi’s new China

Tensions between Australia and China are at their worst in decades. Our global campaign to blame China for the Covid-19 pandemic pushed our relationship to the brink.

The Australian Financial Review’s China correspondent Michael Smith was woken by China’s secret police on a September night last year. Days later he was on a plane back to Australia – forced to leave the country he’d called home for the last three years.

There are now no Australian journalists working in China. What does Michael Smith’s journey tell us about China? His new book, The Last Correspondent: Dispatches from the frontline of Xi's new China, explores Canberra’s relationship with Beijing and if we’re heading for a new cold war.

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