The evacuation of two Australian journalists from China after late-night visits from security officials has set off alarms at a nerve-racking time for foreign press in the country
The evacuation of two Australian journalists from China after late-night visits from Chinese security officials has set off alarms at a nerve-racking time for foreign press in the country.
In an interview with The Wall Street Journal and accounts published after their flight to Sydney, where they arrived Tuesday, the two men described an ordeal involving midnight door knocks in Beijing and Shanghai, videotaped interrogations and attempts to bar them from leaving China.
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