Welcome to life in Xi Jinping’s China. Where the authorities can enter your home in the middle of the night to intimidate and harass you when you are not even suspected of a crime.
China correspondent Michael Smith was swept up in a dramatic international incident.
Sydney | It was well after midnight when officers from China's intelligence, security and secret police agency came knocking at my door.
The heavy pounding woke me from a deep sleep and I raced downstairs thinking it must be a friend or neighbour in trouble.
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