Australian journalists flee China

The Australian Financial Review's Michael Smith (left) and the ABC's Bill Birtles flew out of Shanghai on Monday night.(Supplied). Bill Birtles, the ABC's correspondent based in Beijing, and Mike Smith, the AFR's correspondent based in Shanghai, boarded a flight to Sydney last night after the pair were questioned separately by China's Ministry of State security................ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-08/australian-reporters-evacuated-china-amid-threats-against-safety/12638786