'It felt very, very political': ABC reporter Bill Birtles leaves China over safety fears | ABC News

The ABC's China correspondent says he felt like a "pawn in a diplomatic tussle" after being barred, along with another Australian journalist, from leaving the country unless they consented to be interviewed by police about a national security case they were not involved with.

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