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.
Leader cast from clay of Yellow Earth
John Garnaut If every modern president needs a creation myth then Xi Jinping's begins on the dusty loess plateau of north-west China.
Chinese slowdown lowers social unrest
John Garnaut, Guangzhou The slowdown in the Chinese economy is producing an unexpected reduction in violence and social conflict, according to a senior Chinese security official.
China's land seizures drop
John Garnaut The slowdown in the Chinese economy is producing an unexpected reduction in violence and social conflict, a senior Chinese security official says.
New Chinese leader Xi Jinping is 'the man for the times', says Rudd
John Garnaut CHINA'S incoming leader, Xi Jinping, is "the man for the times" who will transform the Chinese economy and reach a new security accommodation with the US President, Barack Obama, the former prime...
China's new leader right man for times: Rudd
John Garnaut, Beijing China's incoming leader, Xi Jinping, is 'the man for the times' who will transform the Chinese economy and reach a new security accommodation with US President Barack Obama, says former prime...
Bo officially accused of taking bribes, affairs
John Garnaut YAN'AN, China: The Chinese leadership aspirant Bo Xilai has been officially accused of accepting massive bribes, abusing his power and having illicit liaisons with multiple women.
Heat rises in China-Japan islands row
John Garnaut Beijing IT IS likely that President Hu Jintao first met Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda during a momentous gesture of reconciliation in 1984.
Court case may snare Bo Xilai
John Garnaut, Beijing China clears a path for criminal proceedings against the mercurial princeling politician Bo Xilai after he was alluded to in an official account of a murder committed by his wife.
Bo Xilai assaulted police chief
John Garnaut, Beijing China has paved a path for criminal proceedings against the mercurial princeling politician Bo Xilai after he was alluded to in an official account of a murder committed by his wife.
Police chief admits bribery, defection charges in court
John Garnaut, Chengdu Wang Lijun, China's most famous police chief, has accepted a litany of charges against him including that he attempted to defect to the United States.
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Police chief dodges bullet amid praise for exposing Bo's web of intrigue
John Garnaut Wang Lijun, China’s most famous police chief, has accepted a litany of charges against him including that he attempted to defect to the United States.
Fascist tyrant or crimefighting hero? Police chief stands trial
John Garnaut Supporters say he cleaned up Chongqing's corrupt and useless police force and swept the mafia from the streets.
Police chief's dash for freedom triggered a landslide
John Garnaut WANG LIJUN arrived at the US consulate in Chengdu looking stressed and bedraggled, having not slept for days.
Trial may expose Chinese politics
John Garnaut, Chongqing Wang Lijun, the Chongqing police chief who goes on trial today, arrived at the US Consulate in Chengdu on February 6 of this year looking stressed and bedraggled, having not slept for several days.
China's president-in-waiting Xi reappears after mystery absence
John Garnaut Beijing CHINA'S president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping, has reappeared after a fortnight's mystery absence.
Xi plans to crack down on security
John Garnaut GUIZHOU: China's incoming leader, Xi Jinping, is poised to assert authority over an internal security regime that has been growing out of control, analysts and Chinese security officials say.
China's missing figure 'fine'
John Garnaut, Beijing China's president-in-waiting is 'fine', a close family friend says, as his mystery absence from the public stage stretches close to two weeks.
China's absent president-in-waiting 'fine'
John Garnaut China's president-in-waiting is "fine", says a close family friend, as Xi Jinping's mystery absence from the public stage stretches close to two weeks.
China's president-in-waiting missing in action
John Garnaut, Beijing The credibility of China's opaque and rigid political system is again on trial as the nation waits for any sign of the president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping.
Conspiracy theories as China's heir disappears
John Garnaut, Beijing The credibility of China's opaque and rigid political system is again on trial as the nation waits with bated breath for any sign of president-in-waiting, Xi Jinping.
