John Garnaut
John Garnaut is Fairfax Media's China correspondent. John graduated in law and arts from Monash University and worked for three years as a commercial lawyer at Melbourne firm Hall & Wilcox before joining the Sydney Morning Herald as a cadet in 2002. He became the Economics Correspondent in the Canberra press gallery and in 2007 was posted to Beijing.
China's whistleblower police chief charged
John Garnaut, Beijing THE coming trial of China's most famous police chief, Wang Lijun, is set to expose a world of Byzantine conspiracies and political bastardry that even fiction writers say they would struggle to match.
Ferrari crash link to China leader exposed
John Garnaut, Beijing A sordid tragedy involving a 20-something playboy, two scantily-clad women and a two-seater Ferrari has once again exposed the Communist Party's challenges in hiding its dirty laundry in the...
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Deceit led to Gu's murder conviction
John Garnaut BEIJING: Gu Kailai had grown up at the heart of China's Byzantine politics but even she was unprepared for the degree of calculated deception and betrayal deep inside her husband's court.
Gu Kailai given suspended death sentence for murdering Englishman
John Garnaut Gu Kailai, the wife of detained politician Bo Xilai, has been convicted of murdering Englishman Neil Heywood, according to Heywood’s lawyer.
Impostor claims in Chinese trial
John Garnaut, Beijing The curious murder trial of Gu Kailai, wife of fallen Chinese politician Bo Xilai, appears to have achieved the rare feat of uniting Maoists and liberals.
Body double claim a part of show trial fear
John Garnaut BEIJING: The curious murder trial of Gu Kailai, the wife of the fallen politician Bo Xilai, appears to have achieved the rare feat of uniting Maoists and liberals.
Threat to Gu's son triggered murder
John Garnaut HEFEI, China: While Gu Kailai's husband, the rising political star Bo Xilai, was singing ''red'' revolutionary songs, smashing triad gangs and fighting for the masses in a modern version of what...
Lurid details of Heywood murder emerge as accused rolls over
John Garnaut in Hefei The wife of detained Chinese leader Bo Xilai has accepted murder charges against her while angling for a lighter sentence by informing on the crimes of unnamed others.
Gu walks Madame Mao's tightrope
John Garnaut The last time the Chinese Communist Party put one of its leading wives on trial it was the fiery Madame Mao, accused of a leading role in the persecution of precisely 727,420 people during the...
Bo Xilai scandal: wife Gu Kailai charged with murder
John Garnaut THE wife of China's most charismatic and divisive leader has been charged with the murder of an English friend.
Abbott to China: time for reform
John Garnaut Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has broken from bi-partisan tradition to urge China to embark on political reforms to match its "remarkable" economic transformation.
Chinese ship on a rock in a hard place
John Garnaut A Chinese warship has run aground while patrolling contested waters adjacent to the Philippines in the South China Sea.
Embarrassment as Chinese frigate runs aground
John Garnaut A Chinese warship has run aground while patrolling contested waters adjacent to the Philippines in the South China Sea.
Strongmen of China playing a risky game of thrones
John Garnaut The art of purging a popular and capable leader is making sure they stay purged, at least until they are no longer any threat to the person doing the purging.
Chinese leader's family worth a billion
John Garnaut, Beijing While Xi Jinping preached communism his siblings were amassing over $US1 billion.
Copyright convention spooks Beijing's pirates
John Garnaut, Beijing Beijing has been struck by a desperate shortage of pirated DVDs, clothes and handbags.
A visit to the top of the world, where caterpillars are king
John Garnaut ON THE road from Lhasa to Chengdu, at an altitude of 4700 metres, two siblings have found a hillside blanketed with pink and white rhododendrons to stop and clean their caterpillar fungus.
Grubs blossom into 'Viagra of the Himalayas'
John Garnaut, Linzhi On the road from Lhasa to Chengdu, at an altitude of 4700 metres, two siblings have found a hillside blanketed with pink and white rhododendrons to stop and clean their caterpillar fungus.
China mobilises to meet Tibet burning protests
John Garnaut Chinese security forces are arming themselves with guns, fire hydrants and 1960s communist propaganda as they battle a wave of self-immolations that is spreading across the Tibetan plateau.
Fast footwork in tussle for new Asia-Pacific order
John Garnaut Defence Minister Stephen Smith was given a front-row seat this week to watch how the lines of geopolitics are being redrawn almost daily as China and the United States wrestle for dominance in the...
