As Scott Morrison celebrates Timor-Leste’s independence, tension over the Witness K case continues to undermine the relationship. At the same time, Canberra is standing up to Beijing over the imprisonment of Chinese-Australian writer Yang Hengjun. Paul Bongiorno on the political calculus that separates the two.

Guest: Columnist for The Saturday Paper Paul Bongiorno.

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Timor-Leste independence and press freedom in The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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