2018 Quills: Business Feature


David Stringer, Kit Chellel and Franz Wild of Bloomberg Businessweek won the 2018 Business Feature Quill for 'When Rio Tinto Met China's Iron Hand'.

Judges' citation

Described by intelligence sources as a spy story, this corporate thriller takes place in the emerging cold war atmosphere of China Inc against the west. Compelling storytelling and deep research conveys the terrible human and financial costs when business and political interests collide. Richly told, this extensive feature traverses the high profile and shadowy figures behind one of the first major conflicts between a newly assertive China and an initially unprepared and ultimately coldly pragmatic Rio.

The winning entry

'When Rio Tinto Met China's Iron Hand', Bloomberg Businessweek, 13 July 2018


Highly Commendd

David Swan of The Weekend Australian magazine for 'The Plotter, the Tech Titan, the Wrestler and the Lawsuit'

Other finalists

Ben Schneiders & Royce Millar of The Age for 'Are We All Prepared to Pay the Price for Proper Wages?'

Nick Toscano of The Age for 'Poking Around For a New Spin'

 

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