Two Australian Journalists Flee China as Diplomatic Tensions Escalate

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The Australian journalists, initially told by Chinese state security officials they couldn't leave, flew out of China following high-level negotiations

Bill Birtles, the Australian Broadcasting Corp.’s Beijing-based correspondent, and Michael Smith, based in Shanghai with the Australian Financial Review, had initially been informed by Chinese state security officials they were banned from leaving China.

But they boarded a flight out of the country on Monday night following high-level negotiations between the two countries, after agreeing to be questioned by China’s Ministry of State Security, the two news organizations reported. The pair arrived in Sydney on Tuesday morning. “It’s great to be back home safely after a difficult five days,“ said Mr. Smith, adding that the episode “highlights the pressure all foreign journalists are under in China right now.”To Read the Full Story

 

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To China, none CCP members are 2nd tier citizens, worse still for none Hans ethnicity. They sure know every citizen in free world countries counts and therefore hostage materials. That's the realistic view of CCP's China. Appeasement as policy isn't going to work in racist China.

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Are you sure, Australia, a colony, has mastered communication? You see, when you use the term 'high-level' and then go on and try to link, Australia, with such, well, I shut down, intellectually.

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