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  • 19 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Japan
    • Japan's Economy

    Why Japan’s de‑risking response to China is incoherent

    Aaron Magunna
    A gap in interests divides the national security community in Japan and influential parts of the domestic business sector.
  • 15 Mar 2024
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Europe
    • Germany
    • Global Economy
    • Trade
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Shipping and the great shrinking waterways

    Selwyn Parker
    With droughts a more regular feature due to climate change, the globe needs a big rethink on supply chains.
  • 13 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • Taiwan

    Understanding China’s efforts to bridge the South China Sea and Taiwan Strait disputes

    Sophie Wushuang Yi
    Regional problems are challenging enough without lumping them together.
  • 12 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Australia and Asia
    • Australian Public Opinion
    • Multiculturalism
    • Technology
    • Transnational Challenges
    • Public Opinion
    • Public Opinion Polling

    Chinese social media and the 2025 Australian federal election

    Fan Yang , Robbie Fordyce , Luke Heemsbergen
    Those intent on spreading political misinformation are finding ways around strict foreign interference rules.
  • 6 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Japan
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Russia
    • United States

    A summit between Japan and North Korea? About time

    Khang Vu
    With Kim Jong-un extending an olive branch to Tokyo, high-level talks may be on the cards, but roadblocks remain.
  • 5 Mar 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Climate change
    • Environment
    • Sustainability
    • United States

    From confrontation to collaboration: Working together on critical minerals supply chains

    Marina Yue Zhang , Xunpeng (Roc) Shi
    A global energy transition will rely not on decoupling but uniting for a diversified and sustainable future.
  • 28 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Myanmar

    Could Myanmar become Beijing’s quagmire?

    Henry Storey
    The imperative to protect Chinese victims of transnational crime has set off a chain reaction that could jeopardise Beijing’s longer-term objectives.
  • 28 Feb 2024
    • China
    • North Korea
    • South Korea
    • Russia
    • United Nations
    • United States

    Can South Korea become a global pivotal state?

    Gabriela Bernal
    With non-permanent member status on the UN Security Council, Seoul has a long list of goals to help make its mark.
  • 27 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Nuclear Weapons

    By the numbers: China’s nuclear inventory continues to grow

    Amrita Jash
    Power, prestige and shifting estimates of what makes for a credible minimum deterrent help explain a growing arsenal – but more lies behind the move, too.
  • 21 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Australia
    • Antarctica

    China has a fifth station in Antarctica

    Claire Young
    Keep calm and do science and inspections.
  • 21 Feb 2024
    • China
    • North Korea
    • Russia
    • United States

    Open for business: North Korea welcomes back visitors

    Khang Vu
    Kim Jong-un has been on a charm offensive to rekindle trade and tourism links with friendly neighbours.
  • 12 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Defence & Security

    What constrains and restrains China on Taiwan?

    Jared McKinney
    This is the better question to ask when assessing the prospects of a war over the Strait in the coming decade.
  • 7 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Papua New Guinea

    China’s message problem in PNG

    Denghua Zhang , Bernard Yegiora
    Local doubts about mining projects appear at odds with government enthusiasm.
  • 6 Feb 2024
    • Aid & Development
    • China
    • Pacific Islands
    • Vanuatu

    A new China loan threatens Vanuatu’s debt outlook

    Alexandre Dayant , Riley Duke
    A new major infrastructure project could leave the country on the road to debt distress.
  • 5 Feb 2024
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Pacific Islands
    • Nauru

    From “poop diggers” to allies: Chinese social media reacts to Nauru’s switch

    Shuo Luan , Graeme Smith
    Echoes of past positions continue to influence views of the Pacific Island nation.
  • 25 Jan 2024
    • China
    • Energy
    • Sustainability

    Can China use offshore wind to break its reliance on foreign LNG and coal?

    Joseph Webster , Zoe Leung
    And could that make Beijing more open to risk-taking, including vis-à-vis Taiwan?
  • 24 Jan 2024
    • China
    • India

    Cartographic aggression: Playing it the China way

    Ved Shinde
    By keeping the Himalayan dispute alive, China locks India on land to prevent it from going to the seas.
  • 23 Jan 2024
    • China

    China’s evolving approach to multipolar world order in 2024

    Sophie Wushuang Yi
    A new appointment along with a fresh role for an old hand appears to be sending a signal.
  • 22 Jan 2024
    • China
    • India
    • United States

    India’s newfound assertiveness is a feature of the great game in South Asia

    Saira Bano
    Strategic competition is drawing out new challenges, with US-China competition at the centre.
  • 22 Jan 2024
    • China
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • Defence & Security

    South China Sea: A formula for the Philippines

    Richard Javad Heydarian
    Manila should adopt a three-pronged response to Beijing's assertiveness.
  • 12 Jan 2024
    • China
    • China's Government

    An airliner with Chinese characteristics

    Kazimier Lim
    The country’s new homegrown narrow-body jet is a diplomatic ace up Xi Jinping's sleeve.
  • 5 Jan 2024
    • Bhutan
    • China
    • India
    • Pakistan
    • Sustainability

    Multilateral cooperation can improve South Asia’s water woes

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    Transparency will help foster trust, which can lead to a common river management framework for the benefit of all.
  • 28 Dec 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Resource security
    • Technology

    Lithium, lightest metal on earth, carries heavy geopolitical weight

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Instead of a source of great tech power competition, lithium should be key to a collective fight against climate change.
  • 27 Dec 2023
    • China
    • Japan
    • Thailand
    • United States

    Power in Asia: Six surprising facts

    Jack Sato , Susannah Patton
    Following the launch of the 2023 Asia Power Index, the authors dig into data that reveals how power is shifting in Asia.
  • 13 Dec 2023
    • Central Asia
    • China
    • Energy

    Beijing digs in for the Central Asia-China gas pipeline

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    Construction challenges aside, a geopolitical interest is obvious.
  • 11 Dec 2023
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Australia

    The Beijing blowback should Australia get closer to Taiwan

    Richard McGregor
    Bilateral initiatives are not the only way for Australia to bolster Taiwan and signal its support.
  • 7 Dec 2023
    • China
    • United States

    China’s view of Henry Kissinger: A political nostalgia

    Ye Xue , Sophie Wushuang Yi
    The outpouring in China stems from dissatisfaction with the current US policy towards Beijing and change from Kissinger’s framework.
  • 4 Dec 2023
    • Asean
    • China
    • China's Military
    • South China Sea
    • Southeast Asia
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security
    • International law

    How to stop any repeat of the Australia-China sonar incident

    Collin Koh
    A regional deal to close a loophole relating to the use of sonar in international law could be a good place to start.
  • 1 Dec 2023
    • China
    • Climate change
    • United States

    COP28: A better climate for US-China relations?

    Saira Bano
    As rivalry dominates cooperation, shared concern on the environment is still held out as a chance to stabilise ties.
  • 1 Dec 2023
    • China
    • Australia

    Ignoring those forgotten

    Will Davies
    There is more shared history between China and Australia than many realise.
  • 27 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Global Economy
    • Debt
    • Global Issues
    • United States

    Rise of the Redback

    Selwyn Parker
    The US dollar remain the dominant currency. But China – and others – are driving the yuan as an alternative.
  • 24 Nov 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • China
    • Taiwan
    • Pacific Islands
    • Sex and Gender

    China and Taiwan are big Pacific donors – but not for gender equality

    Jessica Collins
    More clarity on the flows of funds would help to assign what little credit is due.
  • 22 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Chinese Trade
    • Myanmar
    • Southeast Asia
    • Thailand
    • Trade and Investment in the Asia Pacific
    • Australia and Asia
    • Quad
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade

    Why is Myanmar’s new deep-sea port such hot property?

    Shaun Cameron
    An alternative route to the Strait of Malacca offers China, and others, a safer, faster and more efficient trade route.
  • 21 Nov 2023
    • China
    • India
    • Sustainability

    A fragile lifeline: India and China must collaborate on water

    Neeraj Singh Manhas
    More robust agreements to share the precious resource will result in a win-win for both countries.
  • 20 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Defence & Security

    Sonar reports much more than a blip in Australia’s relations with China

    Rahman Yaacob
    The latest incident, the first to injure Australian military personnel, appears to signal China’s willingness to test the red line.
  • 18 Nov 2023
    • China
    • South China Sea
    • Australia
    • Australian Navy
    • Defence & Security

    China’s sonar pulse poses another test of Australia’s will

    Sam Roggeveen
    Even with international law on its side, Australia is still grappling with the conundrum of whether might makes right.
  • 15 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia

    How China’s media reported Albanese’s visit

    Bob Tan
    Some messages appear subtle – others, expectedly blunt.
  • 13 Nov 2023
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative
    • China

    Belt and Road 2.0

    Grace Stanhope
    China’s Belt and Road Forum last month showed the initiative is not dead but changing shape.
  • 10 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia

    The Coalition risks the general’s lament, of fighting the last war over China policy

    James Laurenceson , Michael Clarke
    Labor was right to suspend the WTO case against Beijing and should not be gulled into a confrontational stance.
  • 10 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Diplomacy

    China-Australia: Smartening up people-to-people links

    Angela Lehmann
    Universities play an essential role in everyday diplomacy, fostering a genuine affection between the two countries.
  • 9 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Energy
    • Trade
    • WTO
    • Climate change
    • Environment

    Economic diplomacy: Labor’s green security state rises

    Greg Earl
    From Chinese wind turbines to temporary foreign workers, Australia faces difficult intersections between domestic and foreign policy.
  • 8 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Coronavirus

    Haunted by a plague

    Joel Keep , David Heslop
    Almost four years since the advent of Covid-19, the world still awaits answers on how the most devastating pandemic in 100 years first began.
  • 3 Nov 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Resource security
    • Technology

    Mineral futures: A critical step for Albanese’s Beijing trip

    Marina Yue Zhang
    Trade in rare earth elements and numerous minerals is essential for the energy transition – but can Australia and China find complementary ground?
  • 27 Oct 2023
    • Aid & Development
    • China – Belt and Road Initiative
    • Development Assistance
    • Emerging Donors
    • China
    • Indonesia
    • Indonesia's Economy

    Geopolitics and the Jakarta-Bandung high-speed railway

    Teesta Prakash , Jack Sato
    Has the bullet train project strained the once tight relationship between Indonesia and China?
  • 26 Oct 2023
    • Central Asia
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Chinese Trade
    • Caucasus
    • Trade

    Beijing’s interest in the Middle Corridor

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    An economic gateway through Central Asia could provide China a much less messy trade route to Europe.
  • 25 Oct 2023
    • China
    • Philippines
    • South China Sea
    • Defence & Security

    As the world looks elsewhere, China stirs trouble in the South China Sea

    Peter Layton
    The Chinese Communist Party-controlled Global Times is already forecasting “more serious collisions”.
  • 19 Oct 2023
    • China
    • European Union
    • Energy
    • Trade

    China’s car exports pose a key question to policymakers: Compete or protect?

    Robert Walker
    How they respond will have implications for consumers and the climate.
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • China
    • Recommendations

    The Fix: Getting a read on China

    Yun Jiang
    Your weekly Interpreter feature to rake up resources and reads you might otherwise miss.
  • 18 Oct 2023
    • China
    • China's Economy
    • Australia in the World
    • Australia's Economy
    • Australia's Trade
    • Australia-United States Relations
    • China-Australia Relations
    • Global Economy
    • Australian trade, investment & economy
    • Trade
    • United States
    • US Economy

    Australia must play the geoeconomics game, or risk being side-lined

    Naoise McDonagh
    The world is moving away from a rules-based order and towards power politics. Is Canberra ready?
  • 6 Oct 2023
    • China
    • Australia
    • Russia
    • Ukraine
    • Energy

    Power of Siberia 2: Moving beyond a pipe dream?

    Genevieve Donnellon-May
    Australia would be wise to diversify its gas exports now before Russia’s pivot to Asia takes hold.
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