Lowy Institute Live: China and the foreign press

China has expelled a record number of foreign journalists in recent months, mostly Americans, but also a number of Australians. Although the expulsions have been part of a tit-for-tat battle between Washington and Beijing over the status of journalists in both countries, they also reflect a tougher attitude to foreign criticism in general by Beijing, and a more uncompromising foreign policy generally.

Join Richard McGregor, Lowy Institute Senior Fellow and a former Beijing bureau chief for both The Australian and The Financial Times, for a discussion with Anna Fifield, Beijing bureau chief for The Washington Post, and Jane Perlez, former Beijing bureau chief for The New York Times.