The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) and the Australian Financial Review (AFR) have pulled two correspondents out of China after a diplomatic stand-off between communist authorities left the journalists sheltering at diplomatic missions until they could be evacuated.
The journalists, Bill Birtles from the ABC and Mike Smith from the AFR, arrived back in Australia on Tuesday morning after spending five days under the protection of consular staff after Chinese officials banned them from leaving the country, Reuters reported.
