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The Truth About China by Bill Birtles

15 May 2021

9:00 AM

15 May 2021

9:00 AM

As news came through of China’s suspension of high-level trade dialogue with Australia, I read The Truth About China by Bill Birtles (Allen&Unwin). Birtles was ABC correspondent in China from 2015 until September 2020 when he was rushed out, having received refuge for five days in the Australian Embassy while diplomats negotiated his departure with an increasingly threatening Chinese government.

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