A black, high-powered saloon, sleek and intimidating, it seemed incongruous that it had any interest in me - a reporter in his 20s driving a tired-looking VW Golf. But the car followed me.
At first, I tried to brush it off as paranoia. The car in my rear-view mirror had been there for 20 minutes, vigilantly shadowing my every move.
Around I went, and around again, and shooting my eyes to the mirror, there my pursuers remained – two men I could barely make out in the growing dark of an overcast day – clinging to me like glue. My heart quickened, fearful of what I’d gotten myself into. I had been investigating the case discreetly, discussing it with only my editor and the source. Days before the car pursuit, I received a troubling call from an unknown number.
He tried to crack a few jokes but his chummy demeanour did nothing to mollify me. If anything, panic set in. He asked me to send any questions I had but insisted any suggestion that his client was an agent for Beijing was a smear. I suspect the pursuit was little more than intimidation tactics. If the Chinese really wanted to spy on me without my knowledge, it could be easily done. This was about warning me to back off.
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