The Last Correspondent

The ultimate insider’s account: living and working in China in a period of unprecedented economic and social upheaval.It was just after midnight when China’s notorious secret police came knocking. ...

The ultimate insider’s account: living and working in China in a period of unprecedented economic and social upheaval.It was just after midnight when China’s notorious secret police came knocking...A late-night visit to his Shanghai laneway house by China’s notorious secret police triggered a diplomatic storm which abruptly ended Michael Smith’s stint as one of Australia’s last foreign correspondents in China. After five days under consular protection, Smith was evacuated from a very different China to the country he first visited 25 years earlier.The visit marked a new twist in Australia’s 50