In 2006 , TVNZ closed down the $ 500,000-a-year Hong Kong based Asia bureau due to budget constraints . TVNZ Head of News and Current Affairs Bill Ralston made Glennie an offer to run the bureau from New Zealand , but she declined , deciding to remain working as a journalist in Asia . The Australia Network employed her in June 2006 , and she is their China correspondent based in Beijing . In this role she covered the 2008 Sichuan earthquake , and reported on the 2008 Summer Olympics including air pollution , algae at the sailing venue , and preparations of the Chinese athletes . Members of her crew were assaulted outside a university in Xining , near Tibet , on 19 March 2008 , while attempting to talk to some students ; someone claiming to be the director of the university attacked both her interpreter and camera operator
2008 Sichuan earthquake
2008 Sichuan earthquake
Charlotte Glennie